The Speaker postpones announcement of probe

Only on Monday is an answer from Speaker Andreas Norlén expected about the next step in the process to get a government in place. Earlier it was said that an announcement would come today, Friday.

Instead, the speaker has spoken to the party representatives on the phone.

- I will now reflect on the information I have received from the party leaders and have further discussions. I also assume that the party leaders also make good use of the time for their further talks. It is not required that someone has a formal probe mission for the parties to be able to dialogue with each other, says the speaker in a statement.

Now more informal talks await before Monday, when Andreas Norlén has called for a press meeting at 1:30 p.m.

The question of a new probe mission has become relevant again after Thursday's prime ministerial vote when the S leader Magdalena Andersson was voted down. The Riksdag members then had to decide whether she would be allowed to form a pure S government, which ended with a clear majority for the no side. Only the Social Democrats' 99 members printed green. The remaining 248 printed red.

Magdalena Andersson said afterwards that it was a "completely expected" result and that she is now continuing the talks with various parties. She also said that she thinks that M-leader Ulf Kristersson should get the probe assignment next.

- I have been clear that I think the best thing is that the party leader of Sweden's second largest party gets the assignment, and that is Kristersson, said Magdalena Andersson.

Kristersson himself has been skeptical. The red-green parties, which all have Andersson as prime minister candidate, together have a majority in the Riksdag with 176 seats against the Tidö parties' 173. The M leader has said that he does not see the parliamentary conditions for a government with him at the head based on today's positions.