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Magdalena Andersson has not succeeded in preparing a joint political project to form a new government in Sweden after the election, resulting in a lack of concrete proposals and direction for cooperation between the various parties. #PolitikSE #Regering #Socialdemokraterna (translated)

Mikael Grev wrote that the Center Party extended a hand to those in the room who wanted to cooperate with the party. He criticized the choice of image and called it remarkable that a communications officer had chosen that particular image. https://t.co/jVymnQBJS1 #Centerpartiet #Samarbete #Kommunikation (translated)

Red-Green party leaders gathered at Högberga farm to discuss Sweden's current situation and the need for cooperation to form a new government, with Magdalena Andersson (S) emphasizing the importance of all parties being prepared to give and take. #SvenskPolitik #Val2026 #Rödgröna (translated)

Left Party's Ida Gabrielsson expresses skepticism about Magdalena Andersson's chances of succeeding in a vote of confidence after an upcoming meeting between red-green top politicians, where she also hints that the Centre Party may have closed the door to cooperation. #SvenskPolitik #Regeringsförhandlingar #Vänsterpartiet (translated)

Final negotiations are underway for a coalition government in the Stockholm Region where the Social Democrats, the Green Party, the Centre Party, the Liberals, and the Christian Democrats are negotiating, which means that the Left Party is excluded from the cooperation. #RegionStockholm #Mittenstyre #Politik (translated)

The director general of the Swedish Transport Administration, Roberto Maiorana, informed at a press conference about the damages to the Strömsund bridge after an accident, as well as measures to handle transportation needs during the repair and collaboration with local authorities. #Strömsundsbron #Trafikverket #Presskonferens (translated)

Ida Gabrielsson questioned after a discussion with Martin Ådahl whether there was any other party that the Center Party considered sufficiently acceptable. She wrote that C had tolerated the Social Democrats and the Green Party because they had previously agreed to govern with bourgeois economic policy so that C would not collaborate with the Sweden Democrats. At the same time, she argued, C had criticized S for its migration policy and rejected the Left Party despite V agreeing with C on the issue. Gabrielsson contrasted this with what she described as a contradiction in the Center Party's rhetoric on decency. She pointed to ministers from the Moderates whom she considered increasingly Trump-like and accused them of going after journalists and conducting negative campaigns, as well as statements from the KD leader, the right's talk of voters as voting cattle, and comments from Member of Parliament Lars Beckman (M) and Alice Teodorescu (KD), whom she described as conspiracy theorists. She wrote that Ådahl and C seemed to believe that the former alliance parties did not really support their current policy, but had been kidnapped by SD and deep down wanted to return to the era of Fredrik Reinfeldt. Gabrielsson argued that Ådahl and Magdalena Andersson seemed to think that the parties would return to the center when the Tidö cooperation ended. She called the view condescending and emphasized that the changes could also have been made deliberately and voluntarily. During the election campaign, Gabrielsson stated, she had spoken with a leading center-right politician from Stockholm about more people voting for SD in the area where she grew up. She recounted that she had highlighted material and social reasons for dissatisfaction and mentioned a neighbor who worked almost around the clock on his farm and cleared snow in half of Norrland during the winters. According to Gabrielsson, the center-right politician had responded that a difficult life did not excuse a vote for SD, as others with difficult lives did not vote for the party. Gabrielsson also relayed that her father, who grew up in Ockelbo, used to refer to C and the farmers as "the right aristocracy." On Tuesday, he had told her that he had closed the door on a DN Kultur journalist who wanted to discuss the family's background and life in the countryside and in the industrial town of Åmotsbruk. Her father had also criticized C as the worst party of the day and said he preferred the party when it was at least a farmers' party. Gabrielsson wrote that she had corrected him, but at the same time agreed that a party with 7 percent could be perceived as self-satisfied if it assumed that others would follow its line. #Centerpartiet #Sverige #politik (translated)

"Behind the scenes of the government office, the Sweden Democrats have been the driving force in the entire cooperation." In an op-ed in the same newspaper, party leader Jimmie Åkesson now writes that he has not excluded anyone at all. #Sverigedemokraterna #JimmieÅkesson #Val2026 (translated)

Carl Eos agreed with Jimmie Åkesson's reasoning in Expressen about the Sweden Democrats' role in cooperation with the center-right parties. Åkesson had written that the Sweden Democrats (SD) had been driving many reforms, but that the parties holding ministerial positions had received visibility when the reforms were implemented. He also pointed out that the cooperation had limited SD and asked why voters would choose the party over the Moderates if the center-right was perceived as good enough even on issues where SD had taken the lead. Eos wrote that the center-right parties had been able to showcase successes within SD's strong policy areas, while SD had not made corresponding advances in other areas. He argued that the parliamentary election in 2026 would largely be about issues where SD was weaker and, to a large extent, not about policy issues. Eos also noted that both Ulf Kristersson and Jimmie Åkesson had said that the time after Tidö had begun, and wrote that this would likely create discussion. https://t.co/JWjMHlH2Ri #Sverigedemokraterna #politiskdebatt #val2026 (translated)

Internal pressure within the Center Party ahead of a red-green summit, where party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist is expected to hold firm on the red lines against the Left Party, while there are insights that cooperation may become necessary. #Centerpartiet #Vänsterpartiet #Regeringsförhandlingar (translated)

The Center Party and the Left Party find themselves in a stalemate situation where antisemitism within the Left Party is a significant remaining problem, which complicates their possibilities for cooperation and forming a government. #Val2026 #Vänsterpartiet #Centerpartiet (translated)