To prevent the government from risking defeat, there was a strict attendance requirement for the members of the Tidö parties. Absent members, for example due to illness, could have led to the proposal being defeated.
S, C, V and MP also issued a mandatory attendance requirement for their members. S had even summoned a member from Trelleborg who had a lung removed two weeks ago. The opposition parties had joined on a joint reservation to reject the proposal, hoping they could push it through given the uncertain situation.
Now, only one of the 349 members of parliament was absent - a moderate. As a result, the government's proposal was voted through with 175 votes in favor and 173 against.
No regrets
SD leader Jimmie Åkesson says after the vote that it is in everyone's interest that there is a set-off system.
"We have a problem with nine savages in the Riksdag who can have a disproportionate influence based on the role they have. We need to do something about that," he says.
He says that SD has no regrets after last week's vote, which led to the reconciliation chaos. He also has no intention of apologizing.
S group leader Lena Hallengren can imagine a compensation system without SD.
It is absolutely a feasible path, she says.
If there is a party that has broken a decade-long agreement, if they then say "we will do it again with pride" - then I just think that is a very clear signal that there is no trust.
Left the system
Usually, parties agree to offset the corresponding number on the opposing side so that the majority ratio is not affected if members are absent. But that no longer applies - the opposition left the offset system after the SD last week let two offset members vote to avoid the government losing a vote on new citizenship requirements.
The Green Party's group leader Annika Hirvonen believes that the SD should apologize.
Of course they should. You can only compare it to being in a relationship with someone who cheats and comes back and doesn't want to apologize. You'd be an idiot if you trusted them again.
Today's decision concerned a new law on the approval of nuclear facilities. Anyone who wants to build such a facility will be able to apply directly to the government for approval.
