SWEDEN LATEST:  ATTEMPT TO FORM GOVERNMENT FAILS WITH MOST PARTIES SHUNNING SWEDEN DEMOCRATS

The third attempt to form a government in Sweden since September's General Election failed today by a 195-154 vote.

The leader of the Moderate Party, leading party of the "Right" bloc, Ulf Kristersson proposed a government led by the Moderates and the Christian Democrats.

In the end only the Sweden Democrats joined those two parties  in support of his government with the "Left" bloc against and two other "Right" bloc parties, the Center and Liberal parties, voting against the government.

Now back to square one with perhaps the Social Democrats or the Center Party getting a shot a trying to form a government. 

Center Party leader Annie Loof spoke of the notion of a cross-party government to exclude the Sweden Democrats.