Gridlock Has Swedish Nationalists Now Hoping for a New Election
- Speaker has taken over talks to form a new Swedish government
- Sweden in gridlock after nationalist party surges in election
Stefan Lofven on Oct. 29.
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The political establishment is showing little appetite for compromise as the nationalist power-brokers are now hoping for a new election almost two months after Sweden’s inconclusive vote.
Mired in gridlock, the speaker of parliament on Monday took over the process on forming a government after more than a month of talks led nowhere. The willingness to compromise has been “limited,” Speaker Andreas Norlen said at a press conference in parliament.