Already in advance, it was clear that Magdalena Andersson would fail in Thursday's prime ministerial vote. The deadlocks between V and C, where one demands ministerial positions and the other refuses to say yes to V in government, remained.
The proposal that the Speaker put forward was a pure S-government, but Andersson lacked support for one. In connection with the vote, the Center leader made a statement:
- We could have released a one-party government for S if we had had a plan for what the policy would look like. But it is blocked by V and MP who must be part of a government.
The center leader's new offer of a social democratic one-party government caused irritation among the other party leaders in V and MP.
- Our voters are just as important as the Social Democrats', countered V leader Nooshi Dadgostar in Aftonbladet.
- That is a no, Daniel Helldén pointed out to Expressen.
For decades MPs have demanded to sit in every government they vote for - with one exception. It was 2021, when they left the S-MP government because it would be forced to manage the budget of the right-wing parties and still voted yes for Andersson.
When DN talks to environmentalists at various levels, no one believes that MP will drop the demand for ministerial posts in a government. They see it as a matter of course.
Anton Bylin, Grön Ungdom's spokesperson, says that there is frustration in the party that the formation of a government is slow.
- All four parties could have prepared better. This was the most likely outcome. So the meetings that you have started to have now in the small, you could have had before the election.
And the Center Party's announcement has created further friction in an already strained situation.
- They probably just want to have something to say. They have backed themselves into a corner, says Grön Ungdom's spokesperson Anton Bylin.
Before the autumn elections, a fear spread among the environmentalists that S would try to block the MP from ministerial posts, according to information to DN. The reasons behind the fear were, among other things, Andersson's high opinion figures, and the open flirting with the Christian Democrats' Ebba Busch.
- Before the election, I was terrified of it. But S made a lousy election result. With a one-party government, they would be forced to negotiate with more parties every time they would secure a majority, says an MP source with access to information.
That C still sends a signal that the MP does not need to be in a government either is a tactic, the source believes.
- It is only a game against V. There is no principled opposition from C against MP.
The alternative of a social democratic one-party government has, according to information provided to DN, been discussed in S both before and after the election. If neither C, V nor MP gets any ministerial posts, it will be fair, one can hear social democrats reasoning.
But there are also those who warn that it would be a fragile government that risks being toppled if any of the cooperating parties become dissatisfied with the policy pursued - similar to what happened in the summer of 2021. Then Nooshi Dadgostar's party chose to bring down the Löfven government.
That a one-party government becomes too weak is an argument heard from both MP and V.
- It is clear that a weak minority government will not be able to lead and govern the country. It seems neither likely for S nor for MP and V to vote, says Ida Gabrielsson, deputy party leader for V.
That C is trying to unhook MP as well, she considers, is "really stupid".
- If we are to get ahead, it is not a good idea that there will be fewer and fewer left, she says.
On Monday, the speaker will present to whom he gives the new probe assignment after Magdalena Andersson was voted down. But in a press release on Friday, he emphasized that a probe mission is not required for the parties to talk to each other.
"I also assume that the party leaders also make good use of the time for their continued talks," wrote Norlén.
The Left Party wants Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist to be given the assignment to find out what solutions are on the table without V in government.
- We can only make demands for ministerial positions if we need to. If we are not needed, it is as it is. But soon we have to find out, says Vänsterpartiet's Ida Gabrielsson.
