Sweden's Centre leader hands task of forming government back to parliament speaker
Thand Ringqvist said 4 parties back centrist policies but not a centrist government, leaving Sweden's speaker to decide the next step.
- On Monday, Centre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist ended her exploratory bid to form a centrist coalition, returning the mandate to parliamentary speaker Andreas Norlén.
- Negotiations stalled as parties maintained strict "red lines," including Thand Ringqvist's refusal to cooperate with the Left Party or Sweden Democrats, while Christian Democrat leader Ebba Busch and Liberal leader Simona Mohamsson backed Moderate leader Ulf Kristersson.
- "There is a majority for centrist policies, but no majority for a centrist government," Thand Ringqvist told a press conference. The Centre Party would accept a single-party Social Democrat government if it promotes centrist policies.
- It is now up to parliamentary speaker Andreas Norlén to determine the next steps, as three attempts remain to present a prime ministerial candidate for a parliamentary vote before a new election is called.
- Parties might reconsider their rigid stances when forced to choose between a coalition or a new election, Thand Ringqvist suggested. "I still believe a centrist government at a later stage," she said.
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Andersson, the leader of the opposition, has twice failed to form a left-wing government, and the speaker of parliament has tasked the leader of the Swedish Centre Party, Ringqvist, with exploring a "centrist alternative."
The left-wing opposition bloc won a short majority in the Swedish parliamentary elections on 13 September, and the country has since found itself in a political stalemate to form a coalition government.
Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist (C): "Since there is a consensus politically, it is not completely hopeless."
Reformatorisch Dagblad
In Sweden, a new attempt to form a coalition has failed. Centre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist sees insufficient support for the formation of a center government.
Radio France Internationale
Swedish Centre Party leader says government coalition talks failed
"My overall conclusion is that there is currently a majority in favour of centrist policies, but no majority for a centrist government," Thand Ringqvist told a press conference. Parliament speaker Andreas Norlen announced shortly after that he would speak with party leaders and then provide an update on next steps. He did not specify a timeframe. Sweden's opposition left-wing bloc won a three-seat majority over the right-wing bloc headed by outg…
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