Swedish PM Kristersson Given Another Week to Try to Form New Government
Speaker Andreas Norlen said the extra week could shift coalition talks as parties remain split over support for a new government.
- Speaker Andreas Norlen granted Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson another week to form a government on Tuesday, as his original mandate expired and political deadlock persists.
- Kristersson's bloc lost its majority in the September election, while Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson has failed to secure backing from the Greens, the Left Party, and the Centre Party needed to become prime minister.
- The Centre Party refuses to join a government with the Left Party due to accusations of anti-Semitism, potentially shifting its support toward Kristersson's right-wing bloc instead.
- Andersson is pressuring the Left Party to drop demands for cabinet seats and has requested a new chance from the speaker to consolidate her coalition for a premiership vote.
- Opposition parties plan to meet again this week, with Andersson telling news agency TT, "My assessment is that things are starting to move now," suggesting potential breakthrough.
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Parliament Speaker Andreas Norlen announced the extension on Tuesday, saying he would hold further talks with all party leaders
After several weeks of idling, the government formation process is now in full swing. On Tuesday next week, M leader Ulf Kristersson will report his exploratory mission to the Speaker. This means that the government issue can be decided in a vote on the prime minister as early as the end of next week.
Swedish PM Kristersson given another week to try to form new government
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson will get another week to try to form a new government, the speaker of parliament said on Tuesday, as the opposition has failed in its efforts despite winning the September election.
M-leader Ulf Kristersson will have another week to explore a new government. Magdalena Andersson hopes that Kristersson will not be allowed to lead to a vote on prime minister. – I am afraid that decisions may be made that can later be regretted, says the S-leader.
Sweden has been without a new government for almost two months.
The Speaker has extended Ulf Kristersson's exploratory mission. At the same time, the M leader states that he is trying to form a government with M, C, KD and L – and that talks are ongoing. He also criticizes S. "Only a party acts in emotion and desperation like that," Kristersson writes on Facebook.
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