During Thursday’s vote in Andersson in the 349-member parliament, 101 deputies supported, 173 legislators were against and 75 abstentions. Andersson did not need the consent of a majority of MPs for her election, but at the same time she needed a majority not to vote against it. According to the AP agency, the cabinet is expected to be appointed on Tuesday.
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Andersson’s resignation as prime minister last week was forced by the Greens’ coalition decision to leave the government after the opposition’s draft budget was approved. In Sweden, it is customary for the government to resign if one of the coalition partners leaves it.
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However, Speaker Andreas Norlén announced on Friday that the politician would be given a second chance to form a government, in this case a minority, purely Social Democratic.
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The current Minister of Finance has replaced Prime Minister Stefan Löfven, who resigned two weeks ago.
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