Göran Greider gave a sharply critical May Day speech in Lindberghallen in Djurås, Gagnef. He mocked the government and warned against a Tidö victory in the September 13, 2026 election. The speech emphasized socialism, welfare, and peace.
Göran Greider opened his speech by calling Sweden an 'ever more pronounced right-wing Sweden' after nearly four years of the Tidö government. He satirized Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and his wife's use of public funds for furnishings at Sagerska palatset and Harpsund, including a rug, a table adjusted for Kristersson's 169 cm height with 'Lilla Åland' seat cushions costing 6000 kronor, and a gym for 166 000 kronor.
Greider warned that a Tidö victory in the September 13, 2026 election would give Sverigedemokraterna, with roots in neo-Nazism, many ministerial posts. 'Will Sweden get a Sweden Democrat foreign minister? Finance minister? Justice minister?', he asked. He criticized the government for ignoring climate, unemployment, popular education, and international law, while cutting taxes amid welfare shortages.
The speech turned to hope with Sonja Åkesson's poem likening people to potatoes sprouting shoots in light. Greider stressed May Day as socialism's day: 'From each according to ability, to each according to need.' He criticized Socialdemokraterna for lacking vision and called for peace, disarmament, and renewables over militarism.
'Potatoes are ultimately more important than missiles!', he concluded.
