Swedish Social Democratic Party leader Stefan Lofven meets Swedish Speaker of Parliament Andreas Norlen at the Parliament in Stockholm, Sweden, October 15, 2018. TT News Agency/Henrik Montgomery via REUTERS
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish Social Democrats leader and caretaker Prime Minister Stefan Lofven was handed the task on Monday of forming a new government with sufficient support in a parliament left deeply divided following last month's inconclusive elections.
But his prospects, like those of his main rival, Alliance bloc leader Ulf Kristersson, look bleak.
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