Swedish journalist: Privatization failed in Sweden

Swedish journalist Kajsa Ekis Ekman says privatization efforts by the right failed in Sweden, leading to major economic issues.

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00:00Kaisa, what do you think? Is this all about migration?

00:04It's one of the key concerns that voters have raised when they talk about casting their vote for the right.

00:10Do you think that migration is amplifying people's concerns and that's why the right is resonating?

00:19Well, I think it's very interesting.

00:21First of all, that the comrade doesn't really know what government we have in Sweden,

00:25because in Sweden we have a right-wing government, the Conservatives.

00:28For you, it's a right-wing. Not for me.

00:30The supporting party is the extreme right-wing party, Sweden Democrats.

00:34They are not a part of the government.

00:37Now, the second thing I think is important to note here,

00:42is that we noticed that the right-wing comrade here from Poland has not said anything about the economy.

00:48And I think that's very significant.

00:51Because if you roll back 20 years, the right-wing project was basically only about economy.

00:57That was their main argument.

00:59They were saying, we need to privatize, we need to deregulate, we need to sell out the public sector.

01:06Now, that was a big failure, and we all know it.

01:09We all know that was a big failure because we didn't have a single privatization that worked.

01:14Now, to avoid talking about this, to avoid economic discussion about the huge gaps that we have now,

01:22and in Sweden, the gaps between rich and poor are growing the fastest.

01:26So, the security process, then...

01:27Yeah.

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