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STOCKHOLM \u2014 The Swedish governments decision to go its own way<\/a> on coronavirus just got political.<\/p>\n

In the first party leaders debate in parliament since the pandemic began, opposition politicians went after Prime Minister Stefan L\u00f6fven on Wednesday, saying Swedens spiking death rate from COVID-19 and inability to protect residents of elderly care homes represented serious failures.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said today the same thing I have been saying: Testing is moving too slowly and the government hasnt got control of the situation,\u201d Ulf Kristersson, leader of the center-right Moderates, the largest opposition party in parliament, told POLITICO as he left the chamber.<\/p>\n

Jimmie \u00c5kesson, leader of the far-right Sweden Democrats, said the government had been too slow to react to the crisis and when it did, it made serious errors.<\/p>\n

\u201cMisjudgements were made early on about how dangerous the virus was,\u201d he told POLITICO. \u201cThe virus was allowed to spread.\u201d<\/p>\n

The flare-up underscored how opposition lawmakers have quickly shifted from \u201crallying round the flag\u201d to distancing themselves from the governments crisis response as the death rate from COVID-19 has spiked and voters have begun to lose faith in Swedens unique no-lockdown approach.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cThe government should replace the general director of the Public Health Agency who can then appoint another state epidemiologist.\u201d \u2014 Jimmie \u00c5kesson, leader of the far-right Sweden Democrats<\/em>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A survey by pollster Novus for the public service broadcaster SVT published<\/a> late last week showed the share of respondents with \u201cvery or quite high confidence\u201d in the governments ability to handle the coronavirus plummeted to 45 percent in June from 63 percent in April.<\/p>\n

At the same time, criticism of state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell and the Public Health Agency he represents has intensified as failures<\/a>, particularly the spread of the coronavirus in elderly care homes, have become more apparent.<\/p>\n

Tegnell has acknowledged that more should have been done to protect the elderly, but told POLITICO<\/a> last week that he still felt Swedens lighter-touch approach \u2014 it has left schools and businesses open throughout the pandemic \u2014 was right.<\/p>\n

Wednesdays debate in parliament underscored how lawmakers have now joined critics in the scientific community who have long said Tegnells strategy of allowing the virus to spread slowly through society would lead to unnecessary deaths.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government should replace the general director of the Public Health Agency who can then appoint another state epidemiologist,\u201d \u00c5kesson of the Sweden Democrats said.<\/p>\n

The sharper tone in Sweden, where parliamentary debates are normally fairly sedate affairs, reflects a broader European picture<\/a> as governments are now being held to account by political opponents for decisions made in the heat of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

In Spain<\/a>, the truce only held until mid-April, while in Belgium<\/a>, voters and opposition parties quickly turned on Prime Minister Sophie Wilm\u00e8s.<\/p>\n

Whether opposition lawmakers can sustain potentially damaging blows to their nations governments over coronavirus will depend on diverse streams of data \u2014 showing everything from death rates to impact on mental health to school results and economic output<\/a> \u2014 which experts expect to be used to assess countries varying strategies over the months and years ahead.<\/p>\n

For the moment, Swedish leaders are on the back foot.<\/p>\n

The countrys death rate per million from COVID-19 remains below Europes worst-affected nations, such as the U.K. and Spain, but is now 10 times that of neighboring Norway and eight times that of Finland.<\/p>\n

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