At the turn of the month, negotiations crashed on a new main agreement that will regulate rules of the game and employment protection in the Swedish labor market.

The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, LO and the salaried employees' co-operation organization PTK announced that they could not reach an agreement and therefore suspended the negotiations.

The V-leader immediately went out and blamed the crash on the government and the so-called LAS investigation, which according to the January agreement will form the basis for the conditions in the labor market in the event that the parties do not agree.

At the same time, it has been accused of tipping over in favor of employers.

Has not received any message

- The message we want is that the investigation should not be carried out, that no other proposal that is equally unbalanced should be implemented and that there should continue to be a factual basis for dismissals, Sjöstedt says during a press conference on Thursday and continues:

- But we have not received any message.

Our impression is that Stefan Löfven stays away.

The V-leader reiterated an earlier threat of a no-confidence vote if the government cannot guarantee that the Las Inquiry's proposal will not become a reality.

- If the government chooses to proceed with legislation on the inquiry's proposal, our assessment is that Sweden is moving towards extra elections, says Sjöstedt.

- Extra elections are not the party's goal.

The party's goal is for the parties to be able to negotiate without being threatened.

But as we have said before, we will not give up.

Required support from M

To get a declaration of no confidence in the Riksdag requires the support of the Moderates, and party leader Ulf Kristersson has previously said that the party will not stand behind a no-confidence motion because they want such changes in labor law as the inquiry proposes.

- I know that there are those who question whether we have the opportunity to trigger an extra election in Sweden.

Our assessment is that we have it.

It is true that the Moderates have said that they do not want to put their distrust of the Left Party, says Sjöstedt and explains that in such cases they will seek support from KD.

- In a sharp vote where Stefan Löfven stands or falls with his government, the Moderates probably have no choice but to vote for what they say: to get a new government in Sweden.

But as I said, this is not where we want to be, says Sjöstedt.