Sweden: Center Party leader tasked with forming government after PM failure

Swedish Speaker Andreas Norlén has tasked Center Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist with forming a government, following Social Democrat Magdalena Andersson's failure to secure a majority. The red-green bloc holds 176 seats versus 173 for the bourgeois side, leaving a narrow path for a cross-bloc coalition. This marks a shift in the post-election negotiation phase, with the Center Party now pivotal in breaking the parliamentary deadlock.