I do not question that the Migration Court of Appeal ruled according to the applicable law. Courts are supposed to apply the law, not engage in politics. But that is precisely why the question must be asked elsewhere: what kind of legislation have we created – and what values does it reflect? When a young person who has lived most of his life in Sweden, who has taken root…
Month: February 2026
When did the Social Democrats stop being “patriots”?
As the Social Democrats' political communication increasingly revolves around security, values and national cohesion, new tensions arise in the party's organization and ideological direction. When the future is described as a preservation of the present, communication risks becoming both exclusionary and visionless. A simplistic view of security and nationalistic communication shifts social democracy away from equality, global responsibility...
Magdalena Andersson and the communication dead end
In recent years, the Social Democrats have communicated more about issues such as migration, values and cohesion. This is no coincidence, given that social policy developments since the late 2010s have been more about topics such as community, crime and security. In a political landscape where the Social Democrats have lost many voters and their previously more obvious position as…