Swedish centre-right leader gets more time to form coalition

The Moderate party leader Ulf Kristersson (TT/AP)

The leader of Sweden’s third-largest party said he has not yet been able to reach a deal in his talks to form a coalition government, and has been granted a two-day extension to broker an agreement.

After two weeks of talks with other centre-right parties, Moderates leader Ulf Kristersson said: “We are moving towards the formation of a new government in the coming days. There are some details we want to clear up.”