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On Wednesday the final count will be completed. Until then we'll see posturing, but nothing else. Then the real bargaining will start. This might last about two weeks, until parliament opens.
Right now there are only two options: either the Greens join the Alliance in government, or the Alliance will go it alone and damn the torpedoes. They probably feel pretty comfortable with that, even if they won't be able to win all the sessions in parliament. Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
X-ref: JakeS' comment, above, I don't quite see why the Center or Liberal Parties have to go along if they can cut a better deal. Either with the Social Democrats -- who are, after all, still the largest party -- or the Moderates since the Greens, Center, and Liberal parties, together, control the next government. The last two may have wedded themselves so firmly, tactically or ideologically, to the Moderate controlled Alliance that they can't wiggle out, I don't know the answer to either question.
The Center and Liberals have an "out" since they can always claim they are not going to be in a government that relies on the Swedish Democrats. How far & well can that Play? shrug Don't know.
In fact the entirety of my ignorance is stunning.
:-) She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre
Another thing to remember is that the Center party is the greatest opponent of the Greens joining the centre-right, as they would occupy basically the same niche. And as the Center party kinda lacks ideology, does its best to alienate its core voters and generally just is an organisation with $300 million fortune who wants to secure jobs for its leading party members... well. Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
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