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Sverige har vid tidigare tillfällen (2014 och 2018) haft regeringar som tvingats styra på oppositionens budget.
Riksdagens talman Andreas Norlén har sagt att det är viktigt att den tillträdande regeringen kan få igenom sin budget i riksdagen. Samma sak sade den dåvarande talmannen Per Westerberg inför regeringsbildningen 2014, men det struntade partierna i.
Socialdemokraterna regerade sedan på en borgerlig budget. Samma sak hände 2018. Att en regering administrerar oppositionens ekonomiska politik urholkar dess ansvar, och förekommer knappast i andra parlamentariska demokratier.
Talmannen kan nu sätta kraft bakom orden genom att deklarera att han sparar den fjärde statsministeromröstningen till efter omröstningen om budgeten, och att han då kommer att nominera företrädaren för det parti som vunnit den. Det skulle sätta politikens innehåll före taktikspelet om regeringsmakten och tvinga partierna att ta ansvar.

Donald Trump is calling for the replacement of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, accusing him of creating trouble for the world. Zelenskyy answers in an interview with the Financial Times that he feels betrayed by Trump, especially after the US stopped sharing intelligence information and limited Ukraine's access to Starlink, despite Ukraine ceasing attacks on Russian energy production for three days while Russia continued its attacks.

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