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left bloc fails to form government
DW.com • • world
Key Points:
- Magdalena Andersson, leader of Sweden's Social Democratic Party, announced failure to form a government after talks with potential coalition partners collapsed due to divisions between the Center Party and Left Party.
- The four-party center-left bloc won 176 seats in the September 13 election, narrowly surpassing the right-wing alliance's 173 seats, but could not agree on a coalition.
- With no new government formed more than two weeks post-election, the outgoing right-wing bloc, led by Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, may attempt to stay in power as a caretaker government.
- Kristersson's bloc, which includes the far-right Sweden Democrats, lacks a majority and would likely need support from the Center Party, whose leader refuses to back any government influenced by either the Sweden Democrats or the Left Party.
- Extended government formation periods are common in Sweden, with previous post-election negotiations taking over a month or even several months to conclude.
