Sweden's Outgoing PM Kristersson to Try to Form New Government
Parliament speaker Andreas Norl�n gives Kristersson one week to assemble a majority after lawmakers rejected two rival candidates.
- On Tuesday, Parliament in Sweden rejected Centre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist as prime minister after she informed the speaker she had failed to form a government.
- The centre-left opposition bloc holds 176 seats versus 173 for Ulf Kristersson's right-wing bloc; this was the second rejection after Social Democratic Party leader Magdalena Andersson failed on October 15th.
- Policy differences have stalled government formation, as the Centre Party refuses to cooperate with The Left Party. "There are a lot of red lines," Thand Ringqvist told AFP on Tuesday.
- Parliament speaker Andreas Norl tasked Ulf Kristersson, the outgoing prime minister, with forming a new government; Kristersson has one week to build a majority after heading a caretaker administration since September 13th.
- By rule, the Parliament speaker can put four candidate prime ministers to a vote before calling new elections. Lengthy negotiations are common; forming a government took 37 days in 2022 and 134 days in 2018.
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In Sweden, following two failed attempts to form a government, Prime Minister Kristersson is expected to start exploratory talks.
Sweden's outgoing conservative Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson was tasked on Tuesday with trying to form a new government as the country continues to face political deadlock more than seven weeks after a general election.
Ulf Kristersson's exploratory mission appears to be an almost impossible task. In order to gather a majority in the Riksdag, the Center Party must agree to form a government together with the Sweden Democrats. This would mean a sensational turnaround for the Center Party. Not particularly likely given that C-leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist repeated the red lines against the SD as recently as today.
Conservative leader and acting prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, will now be in charge of trying to form a government, although he lacks the necessary majority.
Ulf Kristersson is second in line of party leaders to probe for a new government. The chances of success are small, but it is not completely out of the question, according to political scientist Tommy Möller. “These are confusing signals and I see two possible explanations for it,” he says.
Sweden's outgoing conservative Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson was tasked with trying to form a new government on Tuesday, as a political deadlock continues more than seven weeks after a general election.
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