Magdalena Andersson has admitted defeat in the parliamentary elections in Sweden. According to preliminary data, the right is getting 176 seats out of 349 seats in parliament against 173 seats for the center-left.
Sweden’s Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson on Wednesday, September 14, announced her intention to resign, conceding defeat in the country’s parliamentary elections.
After more than 99 percent of the vote was counted in Sweden’s parliamentary election on September 11, the four-right bloc around Moderate Coalition Party leader Ulf Kristersson narrowly defeated the center-left bloc formed around Andersson and of his Social Democratic Party. Of the 349 seats in parliament, according to preliminary data, the right (the Moderate Coalition Party, the Liberal Party, the Christian Democratic Party and the Swedish Democrats) won 176 seats against 173 for the center-left.
Speaking at a press conference, Andersson said it was “a small majority, but a majority nonetheless.”
“Tomorrow I will submit my resignation from the position of prime minister, and the responsibility for continuing the process will pass to the speaker and the Riksdag (Swedish Parliament – Ed.),” he said, adding that he will lead the Social Democrats in opposition to the newly formed government. During the formation of the new government, Andersson will head the transitional cabinet.
Kristersson, seen as the most likely candidate for prime minister, said he would begin forming a new government.
Party Swedish Democrats
It remains to be seen whether the four parties from the Kristersson bloc will eventually agree to cooperate with the new government. However, the vote results indicate that the once marginal right-wing populist Sweden Democrats may enter the Scandinavian kingdom’s government for the first time. In polls, the traditional right-wing parties – the Moderate Coalition, the Liberals and the Christian Democrats – said they would be ready to run the country with the support of the far right.
The growing popularity of the Swedish Democrats, who are in favor of tightening the migration policy, according to experts, coincides with an increase in the flow of migration to Sweden. This Scandinavian country of less than 10 million has received around half a million asylum seekers in the past decade.
Source: DW
Earlier, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported that the Swedish authorities will provide the Armed Forces of Ukraine with “some important and valuable equipment.”
Before that, it was reported that Ukraine was asking Sweden for howitzers and missile systems.
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