Swedish opposition leader Andersson says she cannot form government
She will tell the speaker of parliament she cannot form a government in the current situation.
(Adds background and quote in paragraphs 2-5) STOCKHOLM, Sept 28 (Reuters) — Swedish Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson said on Monday she would tell the speaker of parliament that she was unable to form a government in the current situation, after an election earlier this month gave her centre-left bloc a narrow majority. Her decision came after the Left Party said over the weekend it would back a candidate for parliament speaker from the rival Moderate party, which Andersson said undercut her attempt to build a government.
"Of course, I take the Left Party's message seriously, and based on that and the conversations I have had, I can conclude that there is currently no possibility for me to form a government," she told a press conference. The centre-left won 176 seats to 173 seats for the incumbent right bloc in a vote widely seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson's promise to form a coalition with the far-right Sweden Democrats. The speaker will now decide who to hand the task to seek to secure backing for a government, potentially Kristersson. com; +45 2156 9010)