Political scientist: "Then V can abandon the government demand"

After receiving the nod from Magdalena Andersson on Sunday, Ida Gabrielsson repeated the Left Party's demands in Agenda: No government based on a V mandate is allowed to pass, unless V is also part of the government. According to Gabrielsson, it is a decision that "cannot be changed".

But Jenny Madestam, political scientist at Södertörn University, believes that there are opportunities for the party board to take a different path.

- You need some type of mandate from your party. But it has happened before that parties change their congress decisions or go against them, she says.

"Risks betrayal debate"

There is an earlier example of V's party board going against a line decided by the congress. In 2018, Congress decided to end arms exports. But after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the party board changed the decision, in order to send weapons to Ukraine.

Political scientist Magnus Hagevi, professor at Linnaeus University, believes that the party board can act independently, without the need to convene a new congress.

- The party board is the highest decision-making body between congresses. But you naturally risk a betrayal debate, he says.

"Think V can consider dropping the requirement"

Jenny Madestam believes that a possible betrayal debate does not necessarily have to be so difficult for the party leadership.

- Everything is about what you can show. If the Left Party can get much of its policy through, then I think they will be able to consider actually dropping the demand and standing outside the government.

Will C agree to major political concessions to V?

- That is the question. At the same time, the Center Party will get ministerial posts, and that sounds louder than the actual politics. But it is clear, the Left Party wants, for example, a billionaire tax. I think that will be difficult for the Center Party to accept, she says.