An agreement has been reached in Sweden for the formation of a right-wing government, supported in parliament by the far-right Swedish Democrats, Ulf Kristersson, leader of the Moderate Union Party, announced on Friday.
The conservative Moderate Union Party, the Christian Democrats and the Liberals will form a government and work with the far-right Swedish Democrats (SD) in parliament, Kristersson said at a news conference.
A vote on the new prime minister will now take place on Monday.
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In the Swedish parliamentary elections in September, the Social Democrats of the previous Prime Minister, Magdalena Andersson, were again the strongest party.
However, a conservative four-party right-wing bloc, centred around Kristersson’s Union Party, the Christian Democrats, the Liberals and the right-wing populist Swedish Democrats, has gained a narrow majority of 176 of the 349 seats.
On that basis, Kristersson has been instructed to form a government. Andersson announced her resignation as prime minister.
