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Negotiations to form a government in Sweden between the Social Democrates and Miljöpartiet de gröna, the Green party, have ended successfully. The new Prime Minister Stefan Lövfen has announced his new cabnet, with six ministries going to the Greens.

Vihreät - De Gröna, the Finnish Green party, today announced their intention to leave government. They have released a statement explaining their decision.

Sweden is coming to terms with a new political landscape today, after the ruling centre-right coalition were ushered out of government in elections last weekend. The most likely next government will be a minority coalition between the Social Democrats and the Greens, who have said they are ready to begin negotiations.

Green ministers Cecile Duflot and Pascal Canfin have announced that they do not intend to take part in the new French government, headed by Prime Minister Manuel Valls. The new Prime Minister was named by President Hollande, after Jean-Marc Ayrault resigned after their Socialist Party were the main losers in municipal elections.

Socialistisk Folkeparti have made the difficult decision to pull out of the Danish government, after failing to reach agreement with their coalition partners on the partial sale of Dong, the state-owned energy company, to Goldmann Sachs.

The European Green Party is delighted to announce that déi Gréng, the Luxembourg Green party will be part of the country's new government. The Greens will have three ministers and a secretary of state from today. This is a truly historic moment for our member party and for the whole of the European Green political family. We offer our heartfelt congratulations on this impressive outcome.

There are two Green members of the cabinet, which is split evenly between women and men, with 17 seats each. EELV National Secretary Cecille Duflot takes the new and important Ministry for Regional Equality and Housing, while MEP Pascal Canfin is the new Deputy Minister with responsiblity for Development, a key area of international solidarity with which we can work to build bridges between North and South.