Sahlin: Campaigning not controversial enough – Our Country

Although the measurements differ, suggesting recent polls that Sunday’s parliamentary elections, a nerve evening:

There are more closely between the blocks. Many hundreds of thousands of voters are undecided. And a further life for Reinfeldt government can not depreciated.

– This option is very, very crucial for the Social Democrats, says former head of the Party, Mona Sahlin to Our Country.

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The Backlash

Past election it was she who led the “Sosserna.” Then slipped victory. The blue government survived. For a long time afterwards studied Social Democrats what went wrong. Sahlin said both thanks for itself as the leader and walked out of parliament.

– What is at stake?

– the Social Democrats have a self-image of themselves as a ruling party. If we lose a third choice, this is not just a big change in Swedish politics. There will also be a big change in our view of ourselves, responding Sahlin.

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The self

Completely long as the millennium it was normal that the Social Democrats would remain above 40 percent. Although the coalition together can win power in Sweden is not Social Democrats likely better party support separately than in 2010.

– For us it is about restoring our role in politics – and get the power and scope of social democracy. It is required for the self – and I hope and believe we will win. The importance of choice is that the coalition together is greater than the bourgeois alliance.

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refs campaign

Our Country Sahlin met recently, after she had commented on the greenest greens profile and campaign as such. At a meeting in Stockholm Central Station, she said:

– The election campaign has been boring. It is quite poor in ideology, because all parties are afraid to scare voters. In the European election campaign recently went fine just for the parties who dared to be controversial, says Sahlin.

About Social Democrat Erna statsministerkandiat, Stefan Löfven, would haul ashore victory Sunday night, remains to build government platform.

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Comeback?

Sahlin think the party can get well over the with greens.

– We cooperated well before the last election. It can be very useful in that wrote us together at the time, she says.

– That coalition can win: Is it blue government abrasion or a political reaction?

– Both. You can never win elections in what you have done. But you can lose choice on what you have done. The bourgeois alliance has done much to actually rebel quite a few voters, but it defends itself and talking as if all is well. And such like voters. It was also like that we were even experienced a few years ago.

– And you yourself: Could you again make a comeback and become minister?

– The is 32 years since I first came into Parliament. Now there are whole other tasks to engage. For me it is important to work against racism day, responding Sahlin.