So much of the conversation around gov formation is based on the premise that a party should want power for powers sake.

Has anybody asked FF or FG why they want power?

Whether right or wrong the Greens runs for office in order to enact just climate and biodiversity action..1

Climate justice is totally unachievable in the coalition that is being pushed in the media

some parties have no discernible aim except to be in power but,
some parties still believe in things and don’t see a way to further those beliefs sandwiched in a neoliberal coalition..2

the way that pressure has been piled onto the greens from so many sectors is https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤮" title="Face vomiting" aria-label="Emoji: Face vomiting">