The social democrats go to the polls on its own in 2018 – Aftonbladet

the social democrats go to the polls in their own elections in 2018. The announcement gives the party secretary Lena Rådström Baastad in an interview with the daily News.

“We go to the elections as a single party,” says Rådström Baastad to the newspaper.

And despite the fact that the party then spent a full term together with the green Party it is not up to date with any cooperation with regeringspartnern in valröreslen.

Before the 2014 elections did the president’s leader, Stefan Löfven, that, unlike its predecessor Mona Sahlin does not tell us about how he intended to form a government if the red and green would be larger than the conservative alliance. Even if video: is already before the election victory spoke of the green Party as a "natural partner".

Go to the options without MP

But the next elections in 2018, the situation is different. Then, the party has been in government with the green Party in four years.

Despite the will of the social Democrats to continue on the feature track and go to options completely on their own. The announcement gives the new party secretary Lena Rådström Baastad in an interview with the daily News.

– There is still the Socialist party that goes to elections. Then, it is clear that it’s been a good collaboration in the office, ” she says to the newspaper.

"Want to see more cooperation in politics"

Rådström Baastad also says that the party considers a rödgrönt cooperation as something very good for american politics, but reiterates what the party leader Stefan Löfven said in several interviews, namely that it wants to see increased cooperation between several of the parliamentary parties.

– We would like to see more cooperation in politics. The policy of blocs that have been we do not believe is good for Sweden, ” said Lena Rådström Baastad.

at the same time has the ruling coalition parties had agreed been very clear that, for the fourth election in a row, are planning a joint election manifesto.

the Green party’s party secretary Amanda Lind says to Aftonbladet that the cooperation with the social democrats has been good and that the party resonate in the same way as their partner of governments.

“We are two separate parties and we will go to elections with two separate election manifesto,” says Lind.

– It will be the choice that determines how the cooperation will look like after the next election.

the Conservatives: the Government is planning

the Conservatives party secretary Tomas Tobé is critical to the social Democrats ‘ announcement.

"Stefan Löfven has recently announced that he refuses to resign even if the Socialists lose the elections in 2018 and now comes this news. It is time for the democrats to realize that they are a party with support during the 30% and the need to provide information with which they are seeking voters ‘ support. They don’t even go to the elections together with the green Party shows how whacked this government is already now", says Tobé in a written comment.

A new poll done by Ipsos for Today’s News on behalf of shows at the same time that a growing majority, 61 percent, of the Conservatives voters want to cooperate with The sweden democrats on issues where the parties have similar perceptions. Even in the Christian democrats a majority in favour of cooperation. Among the Liberals and The centre party sympathizers are more for than against. But the Alliance’s high representative continues to say no to SD.

– It is not appropriate to cooperate with The sweden democrats. We put our proposal in the parliament. How The sweden democrats vote on the individual proposals is up to them, ” says Tomas Tobé to Aftonbladet.