Swedish right-wing hopeful seeks to woo centrists in PM bid

FILE PHOTO: Ulf Kristersson, leader of Sweden's Moderate Party, announces at a news conference, after his meeting with the Speaker of the Parliament that his attempt to form a government failed, in Stockholm, Sweden October, 14 2018. TT News Agency/Henrik Montgomery via REUTERS

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's centre-right Moderates offered centrists a raft of policies favoured by their mainly rural voters on Wednesday, in a bid to secure support for leader Ulf Kristersson's bid to become prime minister.

Social Democrat Stefan Lofven's fragile centre-left minority government collapsed this month after the Left Party withdrew over plans to ease some rent controls.