The Swedish government initial stance was that the market should completely bear the burden of the costs for nuclear energy. Though they had to walk that back because Vattenfall clearly pointed out that unless the government goes in with subsidies they won't do it. The government had earlier proposed the equivalent of ~40 billion euro in credit guarantees, but that wasn't enough.
So now the goverment and vattenfall is working out an agreement where the state takes part of the risk (and profit, if any).
Coming from a right-wing government that has ideals of a market based economy, it's ... counterintuitive that this is the way they want to do it.
So now the goverment and vattenfall is working out an agreement where the state takes part of the risk (and profit, if any).
Coming from a right-wing government that has ideals of a market based economy, it's ... counterintuitive that this is the way they want to do it.