BREAKING NEWS
16m ago
12.57 BST
Swedish
PM Kristersson resigns after election defeat
And in
the last few minute, Sweden’s prime minister Ulf Kristersson has resigned from
the post after official results confirmed that his right-leaning bloc lost last
Sunday’s parliamentary election.
The four
left-leaning parties, with former prime minister Magdalena Andersson’s Social
Democrats as the largest party, won by just 50,359 votes, the final count
showed.
The four
left-leaning bloc will have 176 seats in the new parliament to 173 for
Kristersson’s three-party coalition government and the far-right Sweden
Democrats who were expected to join the administration after the vote, the Tidö
bloc.
In a
letter posted on X, Kristersson said that following the tight election results
“may have complicated the conditions for the new government to be formed” with
contradicting statements from different parties on their positions.
“Constructive
openness from the parties in parliament will now be needed for a prime minister
to be accepted, and for a new government to be able to receive support for its
state budget.”
“Discussions
will need to be held with all parties to find ways around these deadlocks and
to create the conditions for a stable and effective government.
“It is
the speaker who will lead the next steps towards forming a new government. In
order for that work to begin immediately, I hereby request to be relieved of my
duties as prime minister.”
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