Centre Party weighs its options as Sweden's government deadlock drags on

Top Centre Party officials held closed-door talks Thursday on whether to back a non-socialist government under Ulf Kristersson, now on his third attempt under a one-week mandate from Speaker Andreas Norlén after parliament voted down Centre leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist as PM on Nov. 3, or a red-green alternative led by Magdalena Andersson. A fourth failed vote would trigger a snap election, and Centre holds the balance while ruling out both Sweden Democrats' influence and a Left Party coalition partner.

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