Social Democrats’ Löfven can’t sway Centre Party, likely to lose Swedish PM bid
Attempts to form a government are back to square one after Center party leader Annie Lööf said on Monday that
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Stefan Löfven
Two centre-right parties open to Löfven returning as Swedish PM – under their terms
After the Centre Party on Tuesday, the Liberal Party has now also declared that they can imagine to tolerate Social
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Stefan Löfven to be next candidate for PM vote in Swedish Parliament
The speaker of parliament announced Friday morning that lawmakers will vote on whether Social Democrat leader Stefan Löfven should be
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Centre Party’s Lööf latest leader to fail in breaking Swedish Parliament deadlock
The chances of a snap election increased on Thursday after the latest candidate given the opportunity to try and reach
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Centre Party’s Annie Lööf gets her chance at breaking Sweden’s political impasse
The leader of the Center Party will be the next person to try to break Sweden’s political deadlock, which has
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No end in sight to Sweden’s political deadlock as parties harden their stance
As expected, Parliament voted on Wednesday not to allow the Moderates and Christian Democrats to form a minority government, with
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Sweden: Centre-right Alliance in disarray after Kristersson’s defeat in PM bid
Sweden’s Parliament voted against approving the Moderate Party leader Ulf Kristersson as Prime Minister, Wednesday. The outcome was expected since
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Parliament rejects conservative leader Kristersson’s nomination as Swedish PM
The Moderate Party leader lost a vote in the Swedish Parliament, the Riksdag, today and failed to become Prime Minister.
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Analysis – Why Wednesday’s vote for Sweden’s PM should be historic
As Sweden faces the first ever failed prime ministerial vote in modern times, Radio Sweden analyses what is happening. If
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Social Democrats fail to form Swedish government, parties to hold group chats to break deadlock
After the two biggest political parties, the Moderates and now the Social Democrats, have failed to gather enough support to
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Without a new coalition, could opposition parties force their budget on the Swedish government?
Although Sweden is taking its time in forming a new government, there’s a deadline approaching that will force a political
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Löfven still trying to break Sweden’s coalition deadlock
Stefan Löfven says he will continue with his attempts to try and form a government. In his half-time report to
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Swedes aren’t used to waiting so long for a new government
On Sunday, six weeks will have passed since the election, and Sweden is nowhere near having a new government. Never
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Löfven gets his chance at forming Sweden’s coalition government
On Monday, the speaker of Sweden’s parliament gave the leader of the Social Democrats, Stefan Löfven, two weeks to try
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Talks continue as Sweden wonders who will be the next prime minister
The speaker of parliament, Andreas Norlén, has invited the eight political party leaders for another round of one-to-one talks this
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