Andersson: The conditions for a government are lacking

For just over a week, S-leader Andersson has been tasked by speaker Andreas Norlén (M) to probe the basis for forming a government with her as prime minister. It has not worked, she announced after a meeting with the speaker on Tuesday.

- My assessment is that there has been progress, but at the moment there are no conditions for forming a government that can be tolerated by the Riksdag. It is not least about incompatible positions on the government issue, says Magdalena Andersson at a press conference after the meeting with the speaker.

The missing prerequisites are primarily the requirements and red lines that C and V have set up in the first place. The Center Party refuses to stand behind a government with left-wing ministers, and the Left Party refuses to support a government that you are not allowed to sit in.

Magdalena Andersson and Speaker Andreas Norlén (M) met at 11 a.m. on Tuesday. In short, she has had to announce one of three possible messages: that she wants more time, that she wants the Riksdag to vote on her as prime minister, or as it turned out: that she is handing back his assignment to form a government document.

The next step in the process will be for the speaker to talk to the other party leaders, consult with his deputies and then again give the so-called probe mission to someone. Ulf Kristersson is close at hand, but it could also go back to Magdalena Andersson a third time, for example.

If Kristersson gets the assignment, it is likely that he will schedule a meeting with C leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist. The transitional government he leads now only has 173 parliamentary seats and would need at least two more to get a majority, but C also has a red line against the SD, whose seat is also needed.