Economics
Populists May Rip Up Sweden’s Nuclear Code of Conduct
- Five party bi-partisan agreement from 2016 under threat
- Energy system will be tested this winter after atomic closures
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Sweden’s biggest ever cross-party energy deal was designed to provide stability for utilities for almost three decades, but the 2016 accord is now at risk of being ripped up after next month’s general election.
The Sweden Democrats, which some polls show could emerge as the biggest party, would revoke nuclear-plant closures central to the agreement if they came to power. The Christian Democrats, one of the accord’s co-signers, on Tuesday echoed that view and pressed for key parts of the deal to be renegotiated.