Who’ll yield first in Sweden’s political chicken race?

<p>Magdalena Andersson was acclaimed as the winner of Sweden’s election. Four parties – adding up to a majority – said they wanted her to be prime minister, and she was charged by the speaker with forming a government. Yet on Monday she threw in the towel.</p><p>The immediate pretext was the decision by the Left Party to support the re-election of speaker Andreas Norlén, a Moderate, over the Social Democrats’ own candidate.</p><p>But it followed two weeks in which Andersson had failed to get the Centre Party, Left Party and Greens to so much as take a cup of coffee with each other.</p><p>Now it’s up to the speaker to find someone else willing to have a go.</p><p>Host <strong>James Savage </strong>is joined this week by panelists <strong>Emma Löfgren </strong>and<strong> Richard Orange. </strong></p><p><strong>Not yet a member of The Local? <a href="https://www.thelocal.se/podcasts/podcast-offer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Join now with this special offer for podcast listeners</a></strong>.</p><p>Here are links to some of the topics discussed in the episode:</p><h2>Politics</h2><ul><li><strong><a href="https://www.thelocal.se/20260928/breaking-social-democrat-magdalena-andersson-abandons-attempt-to-form-a-government?tpcc=podcast-article" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Social Democrat Magdalena Andersson abandons attempt to form a government</a></strong></li><li><strong><a href="https://www.thelocal.se/20260928/strategy-or-spite-why-is-magda-giving-up-on-forming-swedens-next-government?tpcc=podcast-article" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Strategy or spite? Why is Magda giving up on forming Sweden&#39;s next government?</a></strong></li><li><strong><a href="https://www.thelocal.se/20260922/explained-what-needs-to-happen-for-sweden-to-get-a-new-prime-minister?tpcc=podcast-article" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">EXPLAINED: What needs to happen for Sweden to get a new prime minister?</a></strong></li><li><strong><a href="https://www.thelocal.se/20260924/from-obvious-to-extremely-unlikely-nine-options-for-swedens-next-government?tpcc=podcast-article" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">From the obvious to the unthinkable: Nine options for Sweden&#39;s government</a></strong></li></ul><h2>Brexit</h2><ul><li><strong><a href="https://www.thelocal.se/20261002/but-what-are-the-rules-my-interview-with-the-swedish-migration-agencys-legal-chief?tpcc=podcast-article" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">&#39;But w