(Sweden) THIS ELECTION has been CANCELLED. Next departure in 2018.

[Tender Branson]

Yeah, I already had a feeling that this minority government would have a tough time and eventually w/could collapse (just not this early).

[Tender Branson]

Antonio summed it up perfectly in the other thread:

God, this is gonna be a trainwreck.

[Tender Branson]

Good.

The only thing that would have come out of this election: stronger SD and another stalemate.

Also, the parties probably realized that another campaign just after a major election would hurt their party finances and literally leave them broke for the next years (especially the smaller parties).

The more important thing will be now if the "government" can pass anything important in the next years (and with whom), or if it will fall apart at just a later point once again ...

[Tender Branson]

The more important thing will be now if the "government" can pass anything important in the next years (and with whom), or if it will fall apart at just a later point once again ...

Well the deal struck between the Government and the Alliance is that they will not obstruct the government's budget. (Meaning the government will be able to raise taxes and so on)

They will also have broad bipartisan negotiations on Pensions, Defense, and Energy between the six parties.

There are also a few minor policy changes that the government might have good realistic chances of passing with the help of jumping majorities, but a lot of their policies will still be wing-clipped.  

Good, that's better than the alternative. Let the SD stay on the sidelines, even if it means that they get stronger. Maybe they somehow self-destruct themselves at some point down the road.

[Tender Branson]

Kronenberger Zeitung

Kronen Zeitung, not Kronenberger Zeitung.

Or just "Krone".

But otherwise you are right with your analysis.

[Tender Branson]

Sweden has a different party system with a far more fragmented centre-right than Austria and they lack anything close to the Krone Zeitung to legitimize bigotry of all sorts (on the contrary even the popular Swedish press is quite PC). So Austria is not an apt comparison. S

Thinking about it, the Kronen Zeitung's popularity is probably because of their A4-format while all the other major & more in-depth newspapers (such as the Standard, Presse, Kurier, Wr. Zeitung, SN, etc.) all use the more reader-unfriendly and huge A3-format. Maybe if the other newspapers would switch to A4 format, they would get more readers too. Now, the Krone has 3 Mio. daily readers (every 2nd Austrian voter), while other newspapers are well below 1 Mio. daily readers.

That doesn't explain the Krone's populism and bigotry of course.