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Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven ousted by parliament, sparking political uncertainty
Reuters ^ | Jun 21, 2021 | Niklas Pollard, Johan Ahlander, Simon Johnson and Anna Ringstrom

Posted on 06/21/2021 9:18:01 AM PDT by george76

The 63-year-old now has a week to resign and hand the speaker the job of finding a new government, or must call a snap election..

Swedish center-left Prime Minister Stefan Löfven was ousted in a no-confidence vote in parliament on Monday, plunging the country into deep political uncertainty as it tackles the COVID-19 pandemic.

Löfven, who was defeated after nearly seven years in power over a plan to ease rent controls for new-build apartments, now has a week to resign and hand the speaker the job of finding a new government, or call a snap election.

With parliament deadlocked and opinion polls showing centre-right and centre-left blocs evenly balanced, the political crisis may not be resolved quickly, though economists say this would be unlikely to have a big impact on the economy.

“The government now has a week to decide and we will hold talks with our cooperation parties,” Lövfen told a news conference after the vote.

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Nicholas Aylott, a political scientist at Sodertorn University, described the defeat of a prime minister in a no-confidence vote as a “very significant” event in Swedish political history.

(Excerpt) Read more at nationalpost.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: sweden

1 posted on 06/21/2021 9:18:01 AM PDT by george76
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2 posted on 06/21/2021 9:19:50 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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They are still tackling?


3 posted on 06/21/2021 9:21:00 AM PDT by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston? )
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Stupid socialists. Higher rents are easier to deal with than no place to rent at all.


4 posted on 06/21/2021 9:39:47 AM PDT by Seruzawa (The political Left is the Garden of Eden of Incompetence - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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It’s the prime minister’s own fault for not importing more peaceful Muslim invaders. Those extra votes might have saved him.

And as a side note, here we see two peaceful Muslim invaders expressing their gratitude to Sweden.


5 posted on 06/21/2021 9:45:57 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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Interesting thread here...

Prime minister Stefan Löfven of Sweden loses no confidence motion 181 to 109. A majority says no to socialism

6 posted on 06/21/2021 9:47:56 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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SPARKING uncertainty? In the previous election (2018), the center-right coalition lost a lot of ground to right-wingers, but the “Center” party refused to form a cabinet with them, so a left-wing coalition formed a coalition with only 144 out of 375 seats. I guess the Center party decided to turn on the left-wing coalition. Utter chaos.


7 posted on 06/21/2021 10:19:08 AM PDT by dangus
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Didn’t she go Iran and get treated like Wench ?


8 posted on 06/21/2021 1:09:53 PM PDT by butlerweave
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