Sweden's Slow Burning Political Impasse Awaits a Solution

More than two months have passed since Sweden’s inconclusive election and the Nordic country is still without a new government. The job to forge a compromise last week fell to the Center Party, which won just 8.6 percent, after the two biggest groups failed.

Center leader Annie Loof is due to report back to the speaker of parliament on Thursday. If she makes progress, she could be given more time. Her main aim is to fashion a compromise to allow a government to be formed without giving influence to the nationalist Sweden Democrats, an anti-immigration party that emerged as the third biggest with a large chunk of lawmakers after September’s vote.