六周多、多轮谈判之后，瑞典在紧张的大选后仍未组成政府。中间党领袖伊丽莎白·桑德·林格维斯特周一表示，她未能组建中间派联盟，在与其他党派领袖进行了一周谈判后向议长汇报了情况。
Six weeks and numerous rounds of talks after a tight general election, Sweden is no closer to a government. Center Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist on Monday said she had not succeeded in her efforts to form a centrist coalition as she reported back to the speaker of parliament after a week of talks with other party chiefs.
上周，议长安德烈亚斯·诺伦委托桑德·林格维斯特探讨由社会民主党人马格达莱娜·安德松领导的五党中间派联盟的可能性。诺伦选中这位前麦肯锡顾问主持谈判，因为她掌握着打破自九月大选以来政治僵局的关键。
Thand Ringqvist was asked last week by the speaker Andreas Norlén to scope out the possibility of a five-party centrist grouping to be headed by Social Democrat Magdalena Andersson. Norlén selected the former McKinsey consultant to lead the talks as she holds the keys to breaking a political deadlock after the September election.
中间党领袖表示，“虽然中间派政策拥有多数支持，但目前没有中间派政府的多数支持。”桑德·林格维斯特的失败是本已复杂的组阁进程中的最新曲折。安德松领导的社会民主党、中间党、左翼党和绿党联盟在九月大选中以176个席位微弱领先，中间偏右的现任首相乌尔夫·克里斯特松及其盟友获得173个席位。
The Center leader said that “while there is a majority for centrist policies there is currently no majority for a centrist government.”Thand Ringqvist’s failure is the latest twist in an already knotty process to form a government. Andersson’s bloc of her Social Democrats, Center, Left and Greens edged a September election with 176 seats versus 173 for center-right incumbent Ulf Kristersson and his allies.
但四党之间的谈判因新联盟结构问题陷入停滞。中间党表示，无法支持将左翼党纳入内阁，因为该党反对左翼党在包括税收和国有制在内的问题上的立场。与此同时，左翼党表示，不会支持其不参与的任何政府。
But talks among the four stalled over the structure of a new coalition. Center says it can’t back the inclusion of the Left in the cabinet because it objects to that party’s views on matters including taxation and state ownership. Meanwhile, the Left says it won’t support any government it isn’t part of.
在僵局中，中间党提出将安德松联盟中的三个政党与克里斯特松联盟中的两个政党联合起来，但桑德·林格维斯特成功的可能性从一开始就微乎其微。克里斯特松联盟中的一个政党立即排除了换边的可能性，而另一个政党表示，只有在战争等极端情况下才会这样做。诺伦议长现在必须决定如何推进进程。
Amid the impasse, Center pitched uniting three parties from Andersson’s bloc with two from Kristersson’s, but Thand Ringqvist’s chances of success looked slim from the outset. One of the parties from Kristersson’s bloc immediately ruled out swapping sides, while the other said it would only do so in extreme circumstances like a war. Speaker Norlén must now decide how to move the process forward.
根据瑞典制度，在必须举行新选举之前，可以对总理候选人举行四次议会投票。到目前为止，安德松已经参加了一次投票，并落败。
Under the Swedish system, four parliamentary votes can be held on candidates for prime minister before a new election must take place. So far, one vote has taken place on Andersson, which she lost.
诺伦的下一步可能是要求安德松或克里斯特松主持更多谈判，或者对安德松进行第二次投票。
Norlén’s next step could be to ask Andersson or Kristersson to lead more talks or he could call a second vote on Andersson.