2 minutes agoSweden's prime minister resigns hours after being elected
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)The prime minister elected in Sweden, Magdalena Andersson, resigned several hours after being elected by parliament, after her budget failed to pass and the Green Party left the government coalition. The “is a constitutional practice that a coalition government should resign when one party resigns”, Andersson said. She said [...]
The prime minister elected in Sweden, Magdalena Andersson, resigned several hours after being elected by parliament, after her budget failed to pass and the Green Party left the government coalition.
The “is a constitutional practice that a coalition government should resign when one party resigns”, Andersson said.
She said she does not want to lead <x0 government, whose legitimacy will be questioned”.
Andersson said he hopes he will be elected to this position again soon as leader of a minority government with the Social Democrats at the helm.
Andersson on Wednesday (November 24th) became the first woman elected to the prime minister's position in Sweden after reaching a last-minute deal to raise pensions in exchange for support in Wednesday's vote.
But the centre's small party later withdrew its support for Andersson's budget, due to consultations made on the left, leaving its budget with insufficient votes in Parliament.
Parliament Speaker Andreas Norlen said he has accepted Anderson's resignation and will contact party leaders before deciding on Thursday (November 25th) how to proceed.
