Three months after the election, here’s why Sweden won’t have a government for Christmas

A maximum of two further formal government proposals can be put before parliament before a snap election would automatically be called.

No one currently has the power to call an extra election without going through this procedure. The speaker announced on Wednesday he would give parties an extended negotiating period until January 14th, 2019 to break the deadlock.

The final two votes, if both need, are provisionally scheduled for January 16th and 23rd. The pressure by the last vote to avoid a snap election is believed to give that proposal the highest chance of passing.

Who will lead negotiations now?

The Speaker said on Wednesday he sees Mr Kristersson and caretaker prime minister Löfven as the only viable prime ministerial candidates, and put pressure on them both to come up with a fresh solution between the different parties.  

Based on what they come up with by the mid-January deadline, Norlén intends to propose one of them as prime minister for the penultimate possible parliamentary vote two days later.

Will there be fresh elections?

Michael Sundström, Senior Political Science Lecturer at Lund University, doubts the process will get that far. “For the upcoming two votes, people will sharpen up at that point. No one wants another election except the Sweden Democrats. We would end up with the same situation as now; it may even be harder next time.”

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