The Speaker sends the government assignment back to Andersson after her resignation
Quick Look
- Speaker Andreas Norlén has given Magdalena Andersson (S) the task of probing for a new government after she previously threw in the towel.
- At the same time, Norlén emphasizes that reconsideration and reflection are required for the process to move forward, while Ulf Kristersson (M) has previously expressed that all government solutions appear unlikely.
AI-generated summary
Why It Matters
After the election, the formation of the government has been locked. Magdalena Andersson was first given the probe assignment but turned it down. Ulf Kristersson has previously asked to be dismissed from the task of forming a government and expressed that all solutions seem unlikely.
First, Magdalena Andersson (S) was given the probe assignment by Speaker Andreas Norlén. Then she threw in the towel. And on Friday, the speaker sent the task back to her again.
At the same time, Norlén stated that reconsideration and reflection will be required. In any case, if the process is to move forward.
He is far from alone in realizing that.
Already a few days after the election, when Ulf Kristersson (M) requested in a letter to the speaker to be fired, he stated that the conditions for forming a government are difficult and that therefore a "constructive openness from the parties in the Riksdag is needed so that a prime minister can be tolerated". In later interviews, he has also stated that all solutions seem "quite unlikely" right now (SvD 29/9).
"That V folds is unlikely, that C folds is unlikely, that there is a change on my side is unlikely," he summarized the situation in Dagens industri (23/9).
"That we would have a by-election is unlikely," he continued. And, not least: "That we never get a government again is the most improbable".
It is the attitude that is required at a time when most things appear improbable.
"Something will happen, the only question is what," was the given conclusion.
There are really only two main options here. Either the Social Democrats, the Green Party, the Center Party and the Left Party - which, at C's invitation, will soon gather for a meeting - decide to form a joint government basis, which is based on substantive political agreements. Or Kristersson himself makes sure that something happens by taking the initiative to form an S-M government together with one of the smaller center parties.
He has dismissed the latter, with the justification that a coalition government is only conceivable in the event of war or threat of war (TT 28/9). However, it is not one that is relevant because a majority of the parties in the Riksdag would be outside. And the M leader has also underlined that he is prepared to try to form a government if Andersson wins - and that some red lines must be moved: "Otherwise we won't get a government again" (Dagens industri 23/9).
It is the attitude that is required at a time when most things appear improbable. In any case, if the process is to move forward.
Read more:
Susanne Nyström: Politicians should be seen in the seams - but this is just nonsense
Susanne Nyström: On Monday, Camilla Kvartoft asked the most difficult questions of the election year
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Andersson will be given a new probe mission and try to form a government basis with S, MP, C and V
Possible · Within weeks
If the probe fails, the Speaker will consider giving the task to someone else or calling a by-election
Possible · Within weeks
Open Questions
- Will Andersson succeed in probing a government document this time?
- Which parties are willing to compromise to enable a government?
- Will a by-election be necessary if the probe fails?
