'Ideological': Sweden's government shrugs off criticism of nuclear funding plan

'Ideological': Sweden's government shrugs off criticism of nuclear funding plan

When Sweden's government announced its final plans for financing new nuclear, it had clearly learned some lessons from the criticism the draft proposal received last autumn. But not, perhaps, the right ones, argues The Local's Nordic Editor Richard Orange.

After the Liberals' power surge, concerns are growing in the crisis-ridden party. The leadership is accused of a "bunker mentality" and of having poor contact with the party organization. "It looks tough and we will soon enter an election campaign," says a source.

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Sweden will build new nuclear power plants, but several scientists estimate on the basis of new Swedish figures that nuclear power is an expensive option that should be chosen primarily for political reasons. The Business think-tank calls it an unfair disparagement of a thorough Swedish decision.

The investment is part of an effort to strengthen the country's civil defense, in a context of growing concern about the risk of war.