As a result of last week’s coup by the Left Party, which has so far punctually supported the executive branch, the head of government received an absolute majority of 181 (out of 349) deputies, 109 voted against the proposal and 51 abstained. …
To overthrow the government, the votes of the former communist party joined those of the far-right Swedish Democrats, as well as the right-wing conservative moderate and Christian Democrats.
After 11 failed votes of no confidence in Swedish political history, Stefan Lofven, who has stood out for his ability to survive political crises since coming to power in 2014, became the first head of government to be ousted in this way in Sweden. Sweden.
Lofven now has a week to announce early elections in mid-summer or finally step down.
According to the Swedish constitution, in the event of early elections, they do not change the date of the voting scheduled for September 2022, which would result in two legislative elections in just a year.
Analysts emphasize that in the event of his resignation, the outgoing Prime Minister leaves the Speaker of Parliament with the task of starting negotiations with the party in order to find a new head of government, which could be Stephen Lofven again on the basis of a new political agreement.
