Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven (L) and Deputy Prime Minister Asa Romson arrive for a meeting during negotiations about the national budget in Stockholm December 2, 2014. REUTERS/Maja Suslin/TT News Agency
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven invited the centre-right opposition bloc for talks Tuesday evening in an attempt to find common ground over the budget after the unaligned Sweden Democrats said they would effectively block the government finance bill.
"It is high time to leave the election campaign behind us. Now we need to look to the good of the country," Lofven told a news conference.
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