{"id":180723,"date":"2026-10-16T14:06:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T12:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/?p=180723"},"modified":"2026-10-16T14:07:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T12:07:02","slug":"talmannen-skjuter-upp-regeringsbesked-partiledarna-far-helgen-pa-sig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/the-speaker-postpones-the-governments-announcement-party-leaders-have-the-weekend-to-prepare\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Postpones Government Announcement\u2014Party Leaders Have the Weekend to Decide"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The government crisis continues, and Speaker of the Riksdag Andreas Norl\u00e9n is giving party leaders more time to negotiate. A decision on the next steps will not be announced until Monday. Meanwhile, the possibility of a snap election remains if the parties fail to reach an agreement.<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaker of the Riksdag <strong>Andreas Norl\u00e9n<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.riksdagen.se\/sv\/aktuellt\/aktuelltnotiser\/2026\/okt\/16\/presstraff-med-talman-andreas-norlen_cmsdb45efd2-39d1-4b4b-8107-50eaab30dccfsv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced <\/a><\/strong>On Friday, he said he had spoken by phone with party representatives about forming a government. No new mandate to attempt to form a government has yet been announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead, the informal talks will continue over the weekend. On Monday, October 19, at 1:30 p.m., Norl\u00e9n will hold a press conference at the Riksdag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Calls on party leaders to negotiate<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Norl\u00e9n emphasizes that the parties themselves must work to resolve the government crisis. No formal mandate is needed for the negotiations to continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2013 <em>I also assume that the party leaders will make good use of this time for their ongoing discussions.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A special election could be the next option<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the Riksdag votes down the Speaker\u2019s nomination for prime minister four times, a special election must be held. However, no such decision has been made. An announcement on how the government formation process will proceed is expected on Monday. Until then, it is up to the party leaders to try to break the political deadlock.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government crisis continues. Norl\u00e9n is giving party leaders the weekend to find a solution. A new announcement is expected on Monday\u2014but the threat of a snap election looms in the background.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":157961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[206,1523,205],"tags":[1164,6486],"class_list":["post-180723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-inrikes","category-liten","category-nyheter","tag-regeringsbildning","tag-talman"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}