Tidö was explicitly a project for the previous term of office, says Kristersson, now Prime Minister of the transitional government, in an interview with TT.
We do not have a majority in the Swedish Riksdag to continue the blue-yellow government formation, he says, a government formation in which Kristersson and Liberal Party leader Simona Mohamsson promised the Sweden Democrats ministerial posts before the election.
Even though the Tidö side was defeated by a few seats by the four red-green parties, Kristersson now still feels like a winner in some sense - the Moderates moved forward and took back the position of second-largest party in the Riksdag from the Sweden Democrats. And the other two government parties also moved forward, and he now sees a majority for bourgeois economic policy in the Riksdag, if the Centre Party is included.
"There is, I think, a fairly substantial non-socialist majority that might be useful for something," he says about what he wants to try if Magdalena Andersson fails.
In that case, it would require that the Centre Party drops its strong opposition to cooperation with the Sweden Democrats and that the Sweden Democrats could consider standing alongside a government. But the question is whether that is even conceivable. Deadlocks and red lines do not only exist on the red-green side.
No strange agreements
He does not believe in any new variants of the December Agreement (2014) or January Agreement.
I think the Swedish people's interest in new strange agreements and agreements is minimal.
But, as he wrote in his resignation application to the Speaker, all parties must be constructive if Sweden is to have a government.
If all the red lines remain, there will be no government at all.
But as constructive as he would promise to release Magdalena Andersson and her budget, to help her lift lockdowns, he is not. And he does not expect her to do so if he, with a deficit in mandates in the Riksdag, were to do so to get a government in place.
Only in times of war
And a coalition government, with S and M at the forefront, is only possible in the event of war or the threat of war.
I also said that to Magdalena Andersson the other day when she asked to speak to me - and I really mean it.
In other situations, a coalition government is a poor option, as shown by the coalition between the Christian Democratic CDU and the Social Democratic SPD in Germany.
It's hard to say that the German government is a good example of getting a lot done.
Not 134 days
Kristersson is now waiting out Magdalena Andersson's attempt to govern.
Now those who wanted to replace my government are testing whether they also had a majority for something or if there was only a majority against something.
He does not believe in forming a government as long as the 134 days after the 2018 election. Sweden cannot afford that. Nor does he believe that four attempts at becoming prime minister will fail and an extraordinary election will be called.
I base this on the fact that we have not had by-elections in modern times.
