we can now see a quite fast recovery. >> is this experience with covid one of the reasons why you are retiring? you have been called the houdini of swedish policy, managed to survive everything. is this why you're leaving? >> no, no, nothing to do with that. we have an election coming up in september of next year. i have been a party leader for almost ten years now, prime minister for seven years, and i thought it was time now to leave and to do that before the election, well before the election, so people know that the person that is now leading our party will stay there for years to come. and also can be the prime minister for years to come. >> prime minister, thank you so much for coming on the show. >> thank you. next on "gps" -- there was a lot of talk at the u.n. this week about getting serious on climate change. will it amount to anything? we'll be back in a moment with