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Sweden's government topples as prime minister loses no-confidence vote
Yahoo News ^ | Mon, June 21, 2021, 4:59 AM | Richard Orange

Posted on 06/21/2021 12:09:13 PM PDT by deport

Sweden's prime minister, Stefan Lofven, on Monday morning became the first leader in Sweden's history to lose a no-confidence vote in parliament, leaving him just one week to decide whether to hold snap elections or resign.

Of the parliament's 349 members, 181 supported the vote, 109 opposed it and 51 abstained, with Lofven's red-green coalition voted down by an unusual combination of the former Communist Left Party, the far-Right Sweden Democrats, and the right-wing Moderate and Christian Democrat parties.

The Left Party has linked up arms with the right-wing conservative bloc and used that to create an unholy alliance to fell the government," Annelie Karlsson, the Social Democrat's parliamentary leader, told parliament before the vote.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: government; sweden
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To: SaxxonWoods

How does Boeing stay in Washington?
I am sure they pay for EVERY thing.


21 posted on 06/21/2021 1:27:54 PM PDT by Joe Boucher (You Go Donald.)
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To: Joe Boucher

“How does Boeing stay in Washington?”

Search me, I wonder about that with a lot of companies located in various states.


22 posted on 06/21/2021 1:42:58 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Any comment might be sarcasm, or not. It depends. Often I'm not sure either.)
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To: ScaniaBoy

“Swedish socialist and feminist (sic!) ministers visit Teheran”

Is that for real? It looks more like a 1970’s Soviet Union Bread line.


23 posted on 06/21/2021 2:59:06 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: SaxxonWoods; Joe Boucher

Fwiw, Boeing is headquartered in Chicago now.


24 posted on 06/21/2021 6:26:13 PM PDT by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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