Swedish Finance Minister: Green Party hypocritical on fuel prices

Swedish Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson has accused the Green Party of "sheer hypocrisy" over their stance on fuel prices, asserting that their claims of opposing price hikes are not credible.

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It's sheer hypocrisy.

In an interview with Dagens Nyheter, Svantesson directly challenged the Green Party's position. "It's sheer hypocrisy," she stated, referring to the party's recent announcement that they have halted their own proposal to increase fuel prices by approximately two kronor per liter.

Janine Alm Ericson, the Green Party's spokesperson for economic policy, told DN that the party currently has no plans for further fuel price increases. "We simply have to see how the economy develops and adapt accordingly," she said.

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We have no proposals for further increases as it looks now. We simply have to see how the economy develops and adapt accordingly.

Svantesson, however, dismissed this as a "stunt." She argued that the Green Party has historically been a primary driver of fuel price increases to "completely unreasonable levels." "We know that the Green Party will raise prices," Svantesson asserted, suggesting their current statements are purely for public show.

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We know that the Green Party will raise prices.