#statsminister

I wish Elizabeth Mccord and Birgitte Nyborg could meet. 

Sweden will be getting its first female prime minister. She is Social Democrat Magdalena Andersson who had been finance minister in the government of Stefan Löfven.

As in many countries these days, there are deep divisions in Swedish politics. The new prime minister won by one vote.

Magdalena Andersson, Sweden’s Social Democratic Party chief, vowed to push back violent crime and support low-income workers after she narrowly secured the parliamentary support she needed to become her country’s first female prime minister on Wednesday.

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A fragmented Swedish parliament backed Andersson as Löfven’s successor by one vote. Under the Swedish system, a candidate cannot become prime minister if they are rejected by a majority in parliament, or 175 votes. Only 174 lawmakers rejected Andersson.

After the vote, Andersson said she would focus on law and order and the welfare state, seeking to use her first comments as prime minister to reach out to voters on the right and left with an election looming next September.

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A ministerial adviser between the mid-1990s and 2009, she was brought back into politics in 2012 by Löfven as his spokesperson for the economy. She became finance minister in 2014 when the Social Democrats won that year’s election.

In that role, she has secured a reputation as a competent operator prepared to debate fiercely with opponents.

(kopiert fra facebook) HØR,HØR..!!! «Nå er det vanlige folks tur til å føle fattigdommen. Hva skulle storskrytende Støre fra beste vestkant, som fyrer med ved på hytta, ha gjort uten Frelsesarmeen og frivillige organisasjoner som stiller opp når politikerne svikter sitt eget folk så grovt? Under valgkampen tok de ikke noe forbehold, Støre og Vedum lovet at vanlige folk skulle prioriteres. Så…

Støres nyttårstale – kortversjon.