Minister for Public Administration Ardalan Shekarabi said he was disappointed with the outcome.

The government?s plan to divide Sweden into bigger administrative regions than the current county councils has collapsed after the Christian Democrats and the Centre Party abandoned negotiations on Thursday afternoon

With all four opposition parties now having left the talks, the red-green government does not have enough support for the proposal to be passed in parliament.

?It?s a day of disappointment for everyone who wants greater equality within the healthcare sector,? said Minister for Public Administration Ardalan Shekarabi.

Sweden currently has three large county councils centred around Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö,...