Shock in the Center Party after Åkesson's announcement

Jimmie Åkesson's announcement that the Sweden Democrats are willing to tolerate a bourgeois government has led to reactions among the red-green parties.

Several center party members describe to SVT that the news came as a shock and C is now getting ready to respond to the play.

The party has called for a press conference on Friday afternoon due to a "new initiative" from the party's parliamentary group and party board that met on Thursday evening.

"Changes nothing"

During the meeting, the government issue must have been discussed, according to SVT's information. V-toppen Ida Gabrielsson's statements about the Center Party in an article in Dagens Nyheter should also have been discussed.

Reactions within the Social Democrats are significantly cooler after the SD leader's new announcement.

"The Sweden Democrats' announcement changes nothing. A government led by Kristersson would continue to be completely dependent on Jimmie Åkesson and the Sweden Democrats," writes Anders Ygeman in a comment to SVT.

V not ready to back down

V-top Ida Gabrielsson makes a similar assessment:

"The math is fixed, it is not possible to support Kristersson if you do not at the same time accept an SD-dependent government. Åkesson knows that and therefore today's announcement is not particularly difficult for him to give," she writes on X.

According to SVT's experience, the SD announcement will not cause the Left Party to make any movement in the government issue - backing out of the demand for ministerial posts to secure the Center Party's support for Magdalena Andersson is reportedly not on the table.