Sweden's Opposition Won the Election. Now It Must Prove It Can Govern.

Political platitudes and vague promises are not evidence of a party’s competence to govern.

MY TAKE

Sweden’s left-leaning opposition won a slim majority in the Swedish legislature, but it has still been unable to convene a governing coalition because there is so little substance behind the political rhetoric.

WHAT’S AT STAKE

Sweden’s center-left opposition won a narrow victory and secured 176 of the Riksdag’s 349 seats in September. These parties…