Swedish prime minister ousted after losing confidence vote

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Swedish prime minister ousted after losing confidence vote

Social Democrat leader Stefan Löfven to step down after inconclusive election

Jon Henley European affairs correspondent
Tue 25 Sep 2018 11.49 BST

Sweden’s centre-right parties and the far-right Sweden Democrats have combined to oust the country’s prime minister, Stefan Löfven, in a mandatory no-confidence vote after elections that left neither main political bloc with a majority.

The move means Löfven, whose centre-left bloc won 144 seats in parliament on 9 September to the centre-right’s 143, will have to step down eventually but will stay on in a caretaker capacity until a new administration can be formed, which could take weeks.

The speaker of the parliament, Andreas Norlén, is expected to meet the leaders of the eight parties represented in Sweden’s Riksdag over the next few days to determine who is best placed to try to piece together the country’s next government.

Most analysts expect Norlén to first approach Ulf Kristersson, the leader of the Moderate party, the largest member of the four-party centre-right Alliance.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/25/swedish-pm-stefan-lofven-losing-confidence-vote

[sandensea]

1. Basically, the center right joined forces with the neo Nazis to get this done.

As so often happens.

Thanks for keeping up with this, Eugene - and so much else besides.