Parliamentary Speaker will nominate Magdalena Andersson to lead a single-party Social Democratic government.

On Tuesday, the Swedish parliament is set to vote on Social Democratic Party leader Magdalena Andersson’s nomination as prime minister (PM), parliamentary speaker Andreas Norlen announced. Negotiations to form a new government have been deadlocked since last month’s general election.

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Norlen said that he would nominate Andersson to lead a single-party Social Democratic government, despite the lack of an agreement among the four parties that together secured a narrow parliamentary majority in the election.

Earlier Tuesday, Andersson told journalists after meeting Norlen that although progress had been made in coalition negotiations, conditions were still not in place to form a government capable of securing sufficient parliamentary support.

She said she was ready for a parliamentary vote on her nomination as PM, which would concern a government consisting solely of the Social Democratic Party, as no agreement had been reached with other parties.

However, the Left Party and the Green Party, two potential parliamentary allies of the Social Democratic Party, both said they would vote against a single-party Social Democratic government. Green Party co-leader Amanda Lind reiterated her preference for a majority government involving all four parties.

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According to SVT, coalition talks have been hampered mainly by disagreements between the Center Party and the Left Party. The latter insisted on joining the government and securing cabinet posts, while the Center Party refuses to serve in a government alongside the Left Party.

The Social Democratic Party, Left Party, Green Party and Center Party together won 176 seats in the 349-member parliament in September’s election, giving them a narrow majority but leaving them divided over the composition of a new government.

Andersson was first tasked with exploring the formation of a new government on Sept. 18, after outgoing Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson requested to be relieved of his duties following the election. However, Andersson returned the mandate on Sept. 28 after the Left Party backed the Moderate Party’s candidate rather than her Social Democratic Party’s candidate in the parliamentary speaker election.

Norlen reassigned Andersson the task on Oct. 2, but negotiations remained inconclusive, prompting her to request a one-day extension before reporting back on Tuesday.

Under Sweden’s system of negative parliamentarism, a PM candidate may assume office unless at least 175 of the 349 lawmakers vote against the nomination. If the candidate is rejected, the speaker must then put forward another proposal.

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