On Monday, the government presented a support package of SEK 14 billion to alleviate the impact of record fuel prices on Swedish households' finances.
Among other things, they want to reduce the tax temporarily on petrol and diesel, something that would reduce the price by SEK 1.30 per liter.
- We have very high prices today and that is due to this war which has created very great uncertainty in the world market, says Minister of Finance Mikael Damberg (S).
- In this situation, it is reasonable to take action.
M: Five kroner more reasonable
But Elisabeth Svantesson, the Moderates' economic-political spokesperson, wants the state to do more.
- We have a proposal to reduce the price at the pump by five kronor.
That would be more reasonable.
We must also remember that it is not just the war that is causing prices to be high.
Before the war, Sweden had the world's most expensive diesel, many were already fighting then, she says.
- It does not seem that the government has contact with reality, contact with people's everyday lives.
But according to Mikael Damberg (S), the Moderates' proposal is difficult to implement.
- I can not build castles in the air and dream.
I have to start from the rules that exist in Sweden and Europe.
We are lowering the tax on diesel to the minimum level in the EU, he says.