The government's plans to create three new administrative regions has run into difficulty, as the Moderate Party left the talks on Wednesday.

The Moderate Party is the biggest opposition party, and is now calling for the plans to be abandoned all together. The party's representative at the talks, Andreas Norlén, tells Swedish Radio news that the Moderates are pulling out because the government has not met demand that the people living in the regions will have a say, before the plans go ahead.

Already on Tuesday, the Liberals pulled out of the negotiations.

The government is now hoping to strike a deal with...