Centre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist said Sunday her party would keep working on a government plan led by Social Democratic leader Magdalena Andersson, with the Left Party dispute still unresolved.
Reuters reported that the Centre Party has ruled out serving in a government with either the Left Party or the far-right Sweden Democrats. The Left Party says it wants cabinet posts before voting for Andersson.
Andersson’s plan would pair the Social Democrats with the Centre Party and Greens, Reuters reported. She needs the Left Party’s support or tolerance, while the party says it must join the cabinet before voting for her.
Andersson’s center-left bloc finished narrowly ahead of Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s right-wing camp in September’s election, Reuters reported. The parties have not agreed on how to divide government roles. Kristersson is due to brief Sweden’s parliament on Tuesday, Nov. 17, under a timetable set by lawmakers.
