Moderate leader Kristersson asked to form new Swedish government


  • World
  • Tuesday, 29 Jun 2021

FILE PHOTO Ulf Kristersson leader of Swedens Moderate Party announces at a news conference after his meeting with the Speaker of the Parliament that his attempt to form a government failed in Stockholm Sweden October 14 2018. TT News AgencyHenrik Montgomery via REUTERS

FILE PHOTO: Ulf Kristersson, leader of Sweden's Moderate Party, announces at a news conference, after his meeting with the Speaker of the Parliament that his attempt to form a government failed, in Stockholm, Sweden October, 14 2018. TT News Agency/Henrik Montgomery via REUTERS

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Sweden's parliamentary speaker asked Moderate Party leader Ulf Kristersson on Tuesday to try to garner enough support to form a government.

Social Democrat Prime Minister Stefan Lofven resigned on Monday after losing a no-confidence vote last week, handing the speaker the job of finding a candidate for prime minister who could for a government that would pass a vote in parliament.

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