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Parliament Speaker Andreas Norlens said Leven should announce by Monday whether he had provided sufficient support in parliament for the new government.
Leven, 63, failed a parliamentary vote of confidence on June 21 and announced his resignation on Monday, asking the parliamentary speaker to form a new government.
Leven was entrusted with creating the new cabinet after Ulf Christerson, the leader of the opposition Conservative Party, failed to do so. Christerson was Norlen’s first choice to entrust with the formation of the new government. Norlen entrusted him with the task on Tuesday, noting that his party was the largest among those who voted against Leven on June 21.
Christerson said today that there were no suitable conditions in parliament for a new right-wing government.
In 2018, four months after the election, the new prime minister was elected, but Norlens this week stressed that it would not take that much time this time. The speaker gave Christerson just three days to report to him on the possibility of forming a new government, and said he hoped to expect the first vote on the new prime minister next week.
Norlen has not yet revealed which politician will be entrusted with the formation of the government if Leven also fails. Swedish law stipulates that after four unsuccessful attempts to elect a prime minister, early parliamentary elections must be held within three months. The next regular parliamentary elections are scheduled for September 2022 and will take place regardless of whether early elections are now being held.
Led by 63-year-old former welder and trade union leader Leuven, the Swedish Social Democrats returned to power in 2014 and, as they approached the center of the political spectrum, were able to maintain it after the 2018 elections.
But last month, Leuven’s minority government, formed by the Social Democrats along with the Greens, lost far-left parliamentary support and became the first Swedish prime minister to be mistrusted by parliament. The issue of the rent ceiling in newly built residential buildings proved fatal to the Leven government.
The Leuven government will continue to work until a new cabinet is set up.
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