Still secret who S wants to rule with: "Wrong mode"

Instead, the pressure is now being put on the Social Democrats who, according to Thand Ringqvist, should answer which parties they want to form a government with.

- Many people ask which government they actually want to see, says the C leader to SVT.

During the election campaign, S consistently ducked questions about which parties they wanted to govern with in the event of a possible election victory. Not even after it was clear that the red-greens gather a majority in the Riksdag has Magdalena Andersson wanted to say anything about who she wants to be part of an S-led government.

Ygeman: "Harder to form a government"

Now, six weeks after the election, S-member Anders Ygeman says that such an announcement would make it difficult to form a government.

- I think this is the wrong time to draw new red lines and write new wish lists. The Social Democrats are prepared to cooperate with all parties except the Sweden Democrats in order for Sweden to get a new government and a new direction.

But saying which parties you want in a government is not the same as saying which you exclude. Why can't you say who you want to rule with?

- Because we are prepared to cooperate with seven out of eight parties in the Riksdag. If we exclude and reduce the alternatives, we risk making it more difficult to form a government, not making it easier.

V and C need to change

According to Anders Ygeman, it is now the Center Party and the Left Party that need to change their stance on the government issue in order for a government to take office.

- If we are to get a new government in place, then the Left Party and the Center Party must modify the positions they took in the election campaign based on the election results the voters gave us, he says.