Sweden faces political deadlock after Andersson gives up attempt to form government
The Left Party’s backing of a Moderate speaker candidate left Andersson without enough support to build a coalition, officials said.
- On Monday, Swedish Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson announced she cannot form a government, ending her mission after the Left Party shifted its support to the Moderate Party.
- Andersson's decision followed the Left Party's weekend announcement to back Moderate Party candidate Andreas Norlén for parliament speaker, effectively blocking her coalition path.
- While the centre-left bloc won 176 seats to 173 for the incumbent right bloc, the Left Party's support secured a majority for Norlén in parliament.
- Parliament will elect a new speaker today, who will then decide which political leader, potentially Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, receives the task of securing backing for a government.
- This shift creates a new parliamentary constellation of Left Party MPs and Moderates, complicating the path for the Social Democrats and Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson to govern.
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Sweden’s Andersson Ends Government-Formation Talks Without Result
Sweden’s election winner Magdalena Andersson said she isn’t currently able to form a government, underscoring the difficulty of building a coalition in the fragmented parliament after the vote earlier this month.
Despite its mathematical majority in the election result, Swedish social democrat Andersson gives up: she sees no possibility for a viable majority. Now it's Andreas Norlén, President of Parliament.
Magdalena Andersson, whose social-democratic party won the September general elections, failed to build an alliance with the centrists and the radical left. The outgoing conservative Ulf Kristersson could take overThe Swedish Social-Democratic leader, Magdalena Andersson, whose camp won the September general elections, announced on Monday that he had failed to form a government. "In view of the discussions I had, I can conclude that, as things s…
The formation attempt by Swedish social democrat Magdalena Andersson has failed due to a dispute with one of the intended left-wing coalition partners. Now the...
THE Speaker of the Swedish Parliament, Andreas Norlén, has announced to reporters that he will meet individually with party leaders on Wednesday, after which he will announce who will try to form a government next.
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