There’s also a bit of national news on the side, with Sweden’s Ulf Kristersson confirming he will send his proposal to the Swedish Centre party later today in the latest bid to break the deadlock and form a new government, more than 60 days after the election.
The party – which could decide the shape of the next government – has asked the leaders of the centre-left Social Democrats and centre-right Moderates to share their proposals on how they could work together in office. The deadline expires this afternoon, and hopefully the exercise will get us a bit closer to resolving the current standoff. Both offers have their problems: the more natural, centre-left grouping, led by S’s Magdalena Andersson, is paralysed by the Left’s demand for cabinet decisions – a move the Centre party has said would be unacceptable. But the alternative, led by Kristersson, would equally pose awkward questions for the Centre Party vis a vis the far-right Sweden Democrats – although the party offered they cou




