Swedish center-right leader gets more time to form coalition

The leader of Sweden’s third largest party — the center-right Moderates — said Wednesday he has not yet been able to reach a deal in his talks to form a coalition with like-minded parties and was granted a two-day extension to broker an agreement.
“We are moving towards the formation of a government in the coming days. There are some details we want to clear up,” Moderates leader Ulf Kristersson said after two weeks of talks with the other center-right parties.
It was not clear which parties would be part of center-right governing coalition and he declined to elaborate on what “details” need to be dealt with.
He met Wednesday with Andreas Norlen, the speaker of the 349-seat Swedish parliament, to report on his progress. Later, Norlen said in a statement that he had agreed to give an extension till Friday.