{"id":182566,"date":"2026-11-13T05:53:47","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T04:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/?p=182566"},"modified":"2026-11-14T22:37:04","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T21:37:04","slug":"vansterpartiet-krockar-med-valjarna-om-ministerkravet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/the-left-party-clashes-with-voters-over-demand-for-a-ministerial-post\/","title":{"rendered":"The Left Party Clashes with Voters Over Its Demand for a Ministerial Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>62 percent of the Left Party\u2019s voters would prefer a government without the Left Party to a snap election. But Deputy Party Leader Ida Gabrielsson refuses to back down. In an angry post on X, she attacks the Center Party and accuses it of opening the door to the Sweden Democrats.<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new poll by Indikator Opinion, conducted for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.svt.se\/nyheter\/inrikes\/v-valjare-hellre-regering-utan-vansterpartiet-an-extraval\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SVT<\/a><\/strong> November 9\u201312 reveals a clear rift between the Left Party\u2019s leadership and voters\u2019 willingness to compromise. When given limited options, 62 percent prefer a government composed of the Social Democrats, the Green Party, and the Center Party, with the Left Party as a supporting party, while 31 percent favor a snap election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, 60 percent believe that the V Party should allow such a government to take office if the party can secure key political concessions. Despite this, the party leadership is standing firm on its demand for a ministerial post, a stance that risks complicating the formation of a government after more than 60 days of negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Gabrielsson lashes out at the Center Party<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a long and angry post on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/idagabrielsson\/status\/2120939345108464039?s=19\">X<\/a><\/strong> On Thursday, the Left Party's deputy leader will launch an attack <strong>Ida Gabrielsson<\/strong> Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist, leader of the Center Party. Gabrielsson accuses the Center Party of moving closer to the Sweden Democrats and trying to force the Left Party to renege on its convention decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201dBut bullying and blackmailing us won\u2019t work this time. Enough is enough.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gabrielsson also rejects the idea that the V Party should compromise on joining the government:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201dWe won\u2019t act that way again.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"sv\" dir=\"ltr\">Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist spoke out just an hour or so after Jimmie \u00c5kesson\u2019s announcement, saying that she would be open to joining the government that \u00c5kesson himself had just initiated. <br><br>C is prepared to participate in the SD plan, which is aimed solely at maximizing SD\u2019s\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/exg7iswzKL\">https:\/\/t.co\/exg7iswzKL<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Ida Gabrielsson (@idagabrielsson) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/idagabrielsson\/status\/2120939345108464039?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 12, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>At odds with voters<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gabrielsson\u2019s statement stands in contrast to the survey\u2019s findings. While a majority of V voters accept a compromise under certain conditions, the party leadership is sticking to its demand for ministerial posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, 81 percent of voters themselves support the demand for a ministerial post. The conflict therefore centers primarily on how far the party should take this demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The question now is whether the Left Party prioritizes ministerial posts or a compromise that a majority of voters can accept.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Voters for the Left Party are open to dropping the demand for a ministerial post\u2014but the party leadership refuses to back down and is instead launching an attack on C<\/p>","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":179146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[206,205],"tags":[5386,1164,159],"class_list":["post-182566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-inrikes","category-nyheter","tag-ida-gabrielsson","tag-regeringsbildning","tag-vansterpartiet"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182566"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182656,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182566\/revisions\/182656"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}