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Emergency law
A constitutional change from January 2027 will give the government expanded emergency powers during "war and danger of war" and "serious peacetime crisis situations".[1], which can be activated without the Riksdag delegating that right to the government.[2] According to critic Elsa Widding, the law does not define what a "serious peacetime crisis situation" entails or what requirements must be met for something to be judged to be such a serious crisis. Among the possibilities mentioned are natural disasters, "terrorism" or "pandemics", but with no legal definition. The state of crisis has no automatic end. In addition, the Riksdag may, through an Enabling Act, give the government the right to make regulations in areas that normally require law. There are no requirements for maximum time – as long as the majority wants, it can last. The law in practice allows for lockdowns to continue for years and opens the door to coercive measures such as compulsory "vaccination".[3]
