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Swedish PM Lofven loses historic no-confidence vote

Social Democrat leader defeated after nearly seven years in power over a plan to ease rent controls for new-build apartments. Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has lost a no-confidence vote, giving the Social Democrat leader a week to resign and hand the speaker the job of finding a new government or call a snap election. The nationalist Sweden Democrats had seized the chance to call Monday’s…

Swedish prime minister Stefan Lofven ousted after losing no-confidence vote

Sweden’s prime minister Stefan Lofven has misplaced a no-confidence vote in Parliament, which means he should step down from his put up.

The chief of the Swedish social democrats will keep as a caretaker prime minister throughout coalition talks to determine the nation’s subsequent authorities following shut elections earlier this month.

MPs within the Riksdag, the Swedish…

Swedish PM Lofven ousted in no confidence vote

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Image caption Stefan Lofven, PM for four years, failed to survive the first weeks of the new government

Sweden’s prime minister Stefan Lofven will have to stand down after losing the support of parliament.

The anti-immigration Sweden Democrats (SD) backed the vote to remove him, weeks after a general…