These two factors gofartowards explaining why Swedish voters turned against the Social Democrats, for whom this was the worst electoral result since 1914.
But these may not gofar enough towards transforming the fundamental structural inequalities and political inconsistencies at the centre of current global crises, poverty and unsustainable development.
With this commitment to a step-by-step approach, our correspondent says the question remains - how large will the steps be and how far will they ever go down the road towards a so-called United States of Africa?
But environmental group Friends of the Earth said the scheme, which counts towards the government's 2020 renewable energy targets set by the EU, did not gofar enough.