Greens open door to a government without Left Party ministers
The Greens are prepared to support a government of Social Democrats, Centre and Greens without Left Party ministers, provided the parties reach a political agreement that gives it a stable parliamentary majority.
Senior Green politician Janine Alm Ericson set out that position to SVT on Tuesday. The party is positive about Magdalena Andersson’s proposed three-party cabinet, working closely with the Left Party from outside government.
Alm Ericson said the Greens would vote yes if the negotiations produced a political agreement leading to a stable government with a parliamentary majority.
The Greens still believe the best arrangement would put all four parties needed for that majority inside the cabinet. Asked whether the Left Party should abandon its demand for ministers, Alm Ericson left that question to the party itself.
The distinction matters in the stalled government talks: the Greens’ preferred four-party cabinet is not their only acceptable outcome. Their support for the three-party alternative remains conditional on a political agreement, which has yet to be secured.
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