Social Democrats refuse to name coalition partners, call it ‘the wrong time’

A month after the election, Sweden still has no government. Social Democrat spokesperson Anders Ygeman said naming preferred partners now would be “the wrong time to draw new red lines,” adding the party is “prepared to cooperate with seven of eight” parliamentary parties. Centre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist, after her own attempt at a centrist coalition failed, has urged Magdalena Andersson's Social Democrats to clarify their intentions.

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