After the weekend’s many announcements about the government, the process has entered an intensive phase. But it may still be some time before a new government is in place.
Swedish politicsIt has been almost two months since election day, and it is still unclear what kind of government Sweden will get. Here are the twists and turns in the government formation process.
Swedish politicsThe UN's major climate summit has begun in Antalya, Turkey. Now, UN climate chief Simon Stiell is calling for a new way of thinking. "We must deal with the world as it is, not as we wish it were," he said in a speech.
SwedenMagdalena Andersson says the Social Democrats are in “full opposition” to a bourgeois government supported by the Sweden Democrats. This has angered several senior Moderates.
Swedish politicsSocial Democratic leader Magdalena Andersson does not intend to cooperate or negotiate with a government made up of the Moderates, Liberals, Christian Democrats and Centre Party. “Such a government would take office with the support of the Sweden Democrats,” she writes on social media.
Swedish politicsThe Sweden Democrats' announcement could open the door to a government led by the Moderates' Ulf Kristersson. The decision is in the Centre Party's hands. But that still seems a long way off, says political science professor Tommy Möller.
Swedish politicsThe Sweden Democrats have dropped their demand for ministerial posts and are prepared to tolerate Moderate Party leader Ulf Kristersson as prime minister in a four-party centre-right government. Kristersson believes this could make his task of forming a government “somewhat less difficult.”
Swedish politicsClimate Minister Romina Pourmokhtari (L) is going to the UN climate summit in Turkey. “Wonderful! I’m so happy to attend my fourth COP,” she says.
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