On Friday, the Sweden Democrats and the Liberals held a joint press conference. There, the respective party leaders, Jimmie Åkesson and Simona Mohamsson, announced that they have reached an agreement on how they “will take joint responsibility for Sweden in a future government.”

For a long time, the Liberals have been completely opposed to the Sweden Democrats being able to be part of a future government, and with only six months left until the election, the issue has come to a head.

On Friday morning, the Liberal party executive held what was described as a decisive meeting about the government issue, where they were expected to decide whether the party should, after all, open up to letting the Sweden Democrats join a government. At the same time, several Liberals announced that they would resign if the party opens for SD.

Meanwhile, a new poll was presented showing a clear majority – 74 percent – of Liberal voters say no to SD in the government.

— I am proud to stand here today with Jimmie Åkesson and announce that L and SD have reached an agreement on how we will jointly take responsibility for Sweden in a future government, said the Liberal leader Simona Mohamsson at the press conference.

— We are now taking responsibility to break deadlocks and tear down obstacles together so that Sweden can be governed effectively even after the next election.

Referendum on the Euro

The big announcement they had promised to present, however, concerned the euro, while the shift in attitude towards SD ended up in the background.

— L and SD have different views on adopting the euro as Sweden’s future currency. But we agree that the next government should urgently conduct an investigation into the euro and that a new referendum should take place on election day in 2030, says Simona Mohamsson.

According to Åkesson, another term is needed to complete important reforms that have already been started. The agreement has been called “The Sweden Promise – A handshake for responsibility.”

— Our starting point has been that in a time of uncertainty both in our country and in the world, it is important to take responsibility so that our country can continue to be governed and so that we can fulfill the important initiatives we have started during this term.

— We have negotiated, but above all we have talked to each other about things on which we are completely in agreement, or where there are common starting points and where we can cooperate within the framework of a four-party government.

C Anger

On social media, the Center Party’s leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist condemns the Liberals’ decision to say yes to SD in the government after the next election.

“Today’s decision from the Liberals is sad and incomprehensible. The Center Party is now Sweden’s only liberal freedom movement,” she wrote.