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The leader of Sweden’s left-wing Social Democratic Party, Magdalena Andersson, has said her efforts to form a government have failed, prolonging a political deadlock a month after parliamentary elections.
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efforts → say → elections
Speaking at a news conference Tuesday, Andersson said talks with the three other parties in the country’s left-wing bloc had hit an impasse.
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talks → speak → impasse
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leader → begin → polls
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What → ’ → election
Despite progress, she said she did not believe conditions were in place to “form a government that can be tolerated by parliament”.
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that → say → parliament
It is her second time failing to form a government after Sweden’s parliamentary vote on September 13.
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Shortly after the announcement, the country’s parliament speaker, Andreas Norlen, who had tasked Andersson with gauging conditions to form a government, said a vote on whether to make Andersson prime minister would proceed in parliament on Thursday.
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Andersson → task → Thursday
He conceded that Andersson would likely fail to pass the vote.
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Andersson → concede → vote
Under the Swedish system, a prime minister can secure office so long as a parliamentary majority does not vote against them.
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majority → secure → them
Sweden’s centre-left opposition bloc narrowly defeated outgoing Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s right-wing bloc in last month’s election, winning 176 seats to the right-wing bloc’s 173.
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bloc → defeat → 173
However, Andersson’s bloc has struggled to form a government due to competing terms from several of its members.
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bloc → struggle → members
The Centre Party has said it will oppose a government that includes cabinet posts for the Left Party, which has in turn insisted it will only support a left-wing government of which it is a member.
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If Andersson fails in Thursday’s vote, Norlen is expected to ask Kristersson, who currently leads a caretaker government, to hold negotiations with other parties.
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who → fail → parties
Speaking to reporters, Norlen said he considered Kristersson a potential next candidate, but the speaker did not wish to commit to that too soon and would “respect the process”.
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speaker → speak → process
To succeed, Kristersson would need to convince an opposition party to support him or at least not vote against him.
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Kristersson → succeed → him
The speaker of parliament has four attempts at proposing a prime minister for parliament to vote on.
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parliament → have → minister
If the fourth attempt fails, a snap election must be called.
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election → fail → ?
After Sweden’s 2022 election, negotiations to form a government took more than a month, and those following the 2018 election lasted more than four months.
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those → form → months
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