{"id":29648,"date":"2019-01-18T12:23:24","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T12:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=29648"},"modified":"2019-01-18T12:23:24","modified_gmt":"2019-01-18T12:23:24","slug":"swedens-prime-minister-stefan-lofven-wins-second-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=29648","title":{"rendered":"Sweden’s Prime Minister Stefan Lofven wins second term"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sweden<\/a>‘s parliament has elected Prime Minister Stefan Lofven to a second four-year term ending more than four months of political deadlock.<\/p>\n

Friday’s confidence vote came after numerous failed attempts at creating a government since inconclusive elections<\/a> in September.<\/p>\n

The Social Democratic leader is set to form a minority government with the Greens. He is expected to formally present his new government and its full programme on Monday.<\/p>\n

Lofven, 61, brought together parties from the centre-right and centre-left last week in order to prevent the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats, which came third with 17.6 percent of the vote, from having a voice in policy-making.<\/p>\n

His government will be one of the weakest in Sweden in 70 years with just 32.7 percent of voters casting ballots for the two parties.<\/p>\n

The ex-communist Left Party had backed Lofven’s previous minority government since 2014, providing key support to pass legislation in parliament.<\/p>\n

But this time, the Left Party, which now holds 28 seats, was excluded as Lofven shifted his government towards the centre.<\/p>\n

To block the far-right Sweden Democrats from wielding any influence in parliament, the Left Party announced it would still allow Lofven to be elected.<\/p>\n

Under Sweden’s political system, a government can operate as long as a majority of parliamentarians do not vote it down.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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