On Monday, the Swedish parliament again approved the appointment of Magdalena Andersson as prime minister, after her post resignation Last Wednesday, which took place a few hours after his inauguration. As mentioned on that occasion, Andersson will be the first female Prime Minister in Sweden’s history. Anderson II’s appointment as Prime Minister was approved with 101 voted in favour, with 75 abstentions and 171 against (just under half of MPs: Swedish parliamentary rules). anticipation That the prime minister or prime minister can be appointed even if a minority of parliament votes for him, as long as the opposition votes do not exceed 175).
Anderson is 54 years old and a member of the Social Democratic Party. He got it confidence from the Swedish parliament last Wednesday, two weeks after the resignation of Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, who was its finance minister. However, Anderson resigned a few hours after his inauguration: Parliament approved a budget law introduced by the opposition and an alternative to a government law, was defeated in the first important vote and was dropped by some government allies, who considered it expedient to resign.
Anderson will now have to form a minority government to lead the country until the next elections, which will take place in September 2022.
Sweden: Magdalena Andersson (SS&D) inauguration vote.
Trust: 101
No confidence: 173
Abstaining: 75With fewer than 175 votes of no-confidence, Anderson was reapproved as prime minister. It will form a one-party minority government consisting of its Social Democratic Party (SS&D).
– European national team (EuropeElects) November 29, 2021
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