On Friday, Energy and Business Minister Ebba Busch (KD) announced that an electricity subsidy to households may be paid out in February 2023. SEK 55 billion is to be distributed among 5 million electricity customers.

It is only paid out to electricity customers in southern Sweden - and there will be no high-cost protection, which was promised in the election campaign.

After the announcement, several Skåne moderates went out and criticized the government's announcement.

Among other things, Carina Wutzler (M), chairman of the municipal board in Vellinge, said that they went out and promised broadly - but delivered thinly.

According to Carl -Johan Sonesson, the chairman of the regional board in Skåne, it is a matter of support which, despite being generous, is far from what was promised in the election campaign.

- They have not kept what they promised, he says in Agenda on Sunday evening.

"Not the security we wanted to give"

Sonesson also points out that he himself campaigned on the promise that a high-cost protection would be in place before November 1.

- It is clear that trust in me and the Moderates here in Skåne will decrease if we do not then deliver on what we have promised, he says.

What does this mean for households and businesses in Scania?

- It is good that you get support.

But at the same time, they wanted security in that the support would be designed in such a way that if you received a high electricity bill during the winter, you would know in advance how much of that electricity bill was covered by the state, he says and adds:

- It is not the security that we wanted to give and gift to both companies and private consumers.

“Incredibly difficult situation”

Energy Minister Ebba Busch answers directly in Agenda.

Did you promise it just to grab votes at the end of the election campaign?

- I do not agree with that.

I think I have given a straight answer.

We got a better model on the table, says Ebba Busch.

She notes that Sweden is facing a difficult winter, while the war in Ukraine is affecting the economy throughout Europe.

- It is an incredibly difficult situation where the wrong measure now to alleviate the situation for Swedish households risks increasing the risk of disconnection even more, she says and continues:

- We cannot risk that.

Hear more from Carl-Johan Sonesson (M) and Ebba Busch (KD) in tonight's Agenda here