The last few weeks have been extra chaotic with a vote of no confidence against Morgan Johansson (S), a government that has threatened to resign if their Minister of Justice is overthrown and where a political savage played the main role.

Also add a NATO application and a pension compromise stopped by a false majority in the Finance Committee before the budget vote.

- We are in an election movement and the parties want to demonstrate their strengths.

The very upset situation we have is an election movement in combination with the fact that we also have two very clear blocks, says Jenny Madestam

Aggressive pitch

She describes the tone of Swedish politics as aggressive.

- Swedish politics has been tumultuous for a long period - still since the government crisis.

We have had a nervous political situation where there is always unpredictability.

But this spring has been extreme.

With the NATO application, it felt like the politicians agreed not to create chaos.

How does that work?

- For that very reason.

Although it can be said that we should have a consensus and work for unity, parties are, in the end, self-interested.

It is about being able to gain political power in order to be able to change society.

Confidence in politicians

Jenny Madestam believes that both the government and the opposition want to "tense their muscles" before the election.

The opposition wants to drop hooks for the government and show that it is weak.

The government argues that the opposition opposes democracy by not letting the Riksdag make the decision.

The problem, as Jenny Madestam sees it, is that it is difficult for voters to keep up, for example, in the tours around pensions.

It risks damaging confidence in politicians.

- I who work with research on politics think that it is sometimes difficult to keep up with all the tours.

When voters perceive that it is difficult to understand, it is easy for their response to be that politicians are just arguing.

Can't they get out of the sandbox?

It is a pedagogical challenge for the parties to explain what is happening so as not to get into the lack of trust as a result.

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What has really happened?

Hear Elisabeth Marmorstein, domestic policy commentator, sort out the tours in the clip.

Photo: Emmanuel Royer