Gang violence can become a matter of confidence for the government

Again, gang crime and growing insecurity are at the center of the debate. For voters, the question of law and order is the fourth most important one - after health care, immigration and school - but after last week's deed, it is reasonable to assume that it will increase in importance again and with it our people's choice to show action. The talks at the Justice Department this afternoon are part of that ambition.

For the Social Democrats, the issue is extremely difficult - both because increasing violence threatens confidence in the government but also because development can undermine confidence in society at large. Law and order is also one of the few issues where the Moderates have the highest confidence and Ulf Kristersson (M) takes every chance he gets to accuse the government of losing control. That is why Stefan Löfven's (S) spinal cord reflex usually tends to keep all doors open to the requirements for stricter penalties and more supervision.

"It is not my first action to deploy military, but I am prepared to do what it takes to ensure that serious organized crime is eliminated," said the Prime Minister after another party leader debate in which Jimmie Åkesson (SD) declared war on organized crime. the crime in January 2018.

Justice Minister Morgan Johansson (S) was later allowed to explain what the Prime Minister really meant, but the example clearly illustrates the S-strategists' willingness to minimize the conflict in this burning issue.

In the same debate, linguist Isabella Lövin (MP) warned of black painting and thus clearly manifested the Environmental Party's more cautious approach in judicial policy. During the government years, Mp has been accepted to focus on stricter penalties and more supervision, but does not often resist when S wants to go in a tougher direction. Perhaps the imminent talks are a way for the government's sheriff duo Johansson & Damberg to, with the support of other parties, force the MP into further concessions.

It is clear that the moderates' spokesperson Johan Forssell will go out loud at today's meeting and demand sharp results within six to twelve months. Without supply from the government, the requirement could very well be developed into the threat of jumping off. But it is not an uncomplicated maneuver when, as late as Sunday, Ulf Kristersson called for more cooperation and national mobilization against gang violence.

The Christian Democrats, who are competing with the Moderates to be toughest in opposition, will also go out hard and demand that SD get a seat around the negotiating table. Both KD and M have, as is well known, a power-political interest in SD being normalized and becoming a party that others can collaborate with.

L has also moved forward the positions in judicial policy that are intended to become the party's main profile issue now that Nyamko Sabuni has taken over the helm, while the Center Party, which wants to be the voice for more cooperation in Swedish politics, will reiterate its demand for a parliamentary security preparation. And then we have the Left Party, which more and more often stands alone on its edge when they argue that the solution to gang crime is reduced gaps and increased equality.

-Instead of driving down the fascist dike with the others, we will be the alternative, as the legal policy spokeswoman Linda Westerlund Snecker (V) expressed the matter in a debate article in Aftonbladet at the beginning of the year.

A number of measures are on the table, several of which there is a majority for in Parliament. The former alliance parties have, with the support of the SD, pushed through a large number of announcements that they demand that the government implement. Also in Stefan Löfven's latest government declaration, a number of measures that have not yet been implemented were listed.

Expect the negotiations to be tough and the question is how many of the seven remain when the results are to be presented.