- The inquiry will be carried out now that the parties have not agreed, says Annie Lööf and refers to the fact that the government and the co-operation parties as recently as last week presented a budget which states that the inquiry will become a reality if the parties have not reached a new agreement.
- I expect that the Social Democrats and Stefan Löfven will keep their promises.
Crashed last night
The las negotiations between LO, the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise and PTK, which organizes the salaried employees, broke down last night.
This means that the government's investigation, which was presented this summer, will instead form the basis for the conditions in the labor market.
The inquiry proposes, among other things, that employers may exempt five people from the rules of priority in the event of dismissal.
Today, a maximum of two people apply, and then only for companies with a maximum of ten employees.
But the proposal has been controversial to say the least.
The Left Party has said that it is prepared to overthrow the government if it makes the inquiry's proposal for a law when it considers that it jeopardizes job security.
Party leader Jonas Sjöstedt says that the party's attitude about a distrust is firm.
- The responsibility for this lies with the government, which with unreasonable threats to dramatically impair job security took the side of employers in the negotiations, he says on Twitter.
Does not preclude more negotiation time
Annie Lööf says that the failed negotiations are a "failure for the Swedish labor market" and that she regrets that the parties did not agree. She also says that she does not rule out giving more time to the parties to negotiate an agreement.
- Should it be the case that the parties see an opportunity to agree, then it is clear that the Center Party will not close the door for them to agree, she says.