Left offers fresh coalition talks but keeps its cabinet demand
The Left Party is offering to resume four-party government talks if Centre backs Magdalena Andersson’s proposed package. Its demand for seats in the cabinet remains in place.
Nooshi Dadgostar set out the position at a press conference on Thursday. The party was ready to negotiate with Centre, Sveriges Radio reported, but had not dropped its condition that it must be part of the government.
The proposed return depends on Centre choosing the package that Social Democrat leader Andersson is due to present on Friday, according to SVT. Dadgostar appeared alongside deputy party leader Ida Gabrielsson.
The offer therefore leaves two questions open: whether Centre accepts Andersson’s package, and whether the parties can agree on the Left’s place in a future government. A willingness to talk is not an agreement on who gets cabinet seats.
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