Yesterday has been described as one of the most dramatic days in Swedish political contemporary history.
Events that can have negative consequences for democracy.
- There is an imminent risk that confidence in the political system will diminish.
I think that many people have a hard time relating to all the turns and locks that lead to strange consequences, says Tommy Möller, professor of political science at Stockholm University.
- Many people probably feel confused and it is really not strange.
Who said what?
Who promised who what?
Who is annoyed at whom and so on, says Jenny Madestam, associate professor of political science at the Swedish National Defense College.
Can use the budget loss
That the Social Democrats will probably rule on a budget that is not fully their own and thus be forced to implement policies that they do not want, Magdalena Andersson can use to her advantage, says Jenny Madestam.
- If things do not go so well in the spring for Magdalena Andersson, she can argue that she controls based on a budget that she herself did not want.
That she is bound by other people's suggestions.
Difficult for voters
But it is precisely the fact that the parties blame each other that can lead to great frustration among the voters, according to political scientists.
- If there is one thing that voters are allergic to, it is when you blame each other, says Jenny Madestam.
- It becomes very difficult for voters to demand responsibility when the parties claim that the problems we see in society are not theirs but a consequence of other parties or governments' actions, says Tommy Möller.