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Alliance for Sweden () is a political alliance in Sweden . It consists of the four Centre-right Parties in the Riksdag . Although it was formed while in Opposition , it achieved a majority in the General Election of 17 September 2006 , forming the current Coalition Government . MEMBERSHIP OF THE ALLIANCE Alliance for Sweden consists of the four centre-right (, lit. " Bourgeois ") parties in the Riksdag (Sweden's Parliament ). The members are:
HISTORY OF THE ALLIANCE {Link without Title} . AIMS AND POLICIES OF THE ALLIANCE during the bus tour of 6-7 March 2006. From left to right: Fredrik Reinfeldt , Maud Olofsson , Göran Hägglund and Lars Leijonborg . (Photo by Henrik Reinholdson)]] Alliance for Sweden aimed to win a Majority of seats in the 2006 Riksdag elections and form a Coalition Government . In order to do this, the member parties decided to issue common , Education Policy , Foreign Policy , the Welfare State , Employment and Business policy, and Policing {Link without Title} . An example of this policy cooperation was the Budget proposal that the Alliance parties put forward on 2 October 2005 . The core proposal was a tax cut of 49 billion Swedish Kronor , which is 1.9% of GDP and 3.3% of the total income of the Public Sector in 2005 {Link without Title} . Each individual party also proposed its own policies in addition. For example, the Liberal People's Party want to spend 1bn kronor extra on tertiary education and the Christian Democrats want to have more benefits and tax deductions for families. On s during that period ( Barsebäck 2 was shut down in 2005). The proposal is that no more reactors are to be built, that the nuclear phase-out law will be repealed and that all forms of energy research will be legal and able to receive state grants (research on Nuclear Power is currently forbidden in Sweden). An Alliance government would also grant any applications to increase the output of the existing plants, provided that it would be safe to do so {Link without Title} . This has been hailed as a historic step, as disagreement over nuclear power has long plagued the centre-right in Sweden: the Centre Party opposes nuclear power, the Moderates and Christian Democrats support its continuing operation while the Liberal People's Party want to build more reactors. Some doubts have been raised about the long-term survival of this compromise, as neither the Centre Party nor the Liberal People's Party have changed their fundamental positions on nuclear power. On will also be imposed on the taxation of the value of a house's plot. The parties are also agreed on the abolition of the tax and its replacement with a municipal charge independent of the value of the property; this reform is planned to be carried out in 2008. Property tax is estimated to bring in 28.1 billion kronor in 2006, rising to 30.2bn in 2007 and 32.2bn in 2008 (as taxable values rise). The first stage of the Alliance's plan (freezing property values, capping the tax on land value and reducing the rate for apartments) is estimated to cost around 4-5 billion kronor. The financing of this is to be revealed in the Alliance's Manifesto in August 2006. Alliance for Sweden released its election manifesto , entitled ''More people at work - more to share'' (), on 23 August 2006 . The result of the election was clear enough on election night for Moderate Party leader Fredrik Reinfeldt to declare himself the victor and for Göran Persson to announce his resignation as Prime Minister and as leader of the Social Democratic Party . The four Centre-right parties of Alliance for Sweden formed a government with Fredrik Reinfeldt as Prime Minister, which was presented to the Riksdag on 6 October . THE ALLIANCE IN GOVERNMENT See Also: Cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt Government of Sweden 2007 . Tax reductions for companies hiring young people and for domestic services are to come into effect on 1 July . The tax reductions announced in the budget total 42 billion Swedish Kronor {Link without Title} , of which the income tax deduction is 38.7 billion. Other changes include the ending of employers' co-financing of sickness benefit after the second week and reduction of unemployment benefit. Unemployment benefit will remain 80% of previous pay for 200 days then drop to 70%. Benefit will be payable for a maximum of 300 days, or 450 if the recipient has children. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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