Swedish Lawmakers Elect PM Lofven To Second Term

Umer Jamshaid Published January 18, 2019 | 04:51 PM

Swedish lawmakers elect PM Lofven to second term

Sweden ended a four-month political vacuum Friday when lawmakers elected Prime Minister Stefan Lofven to a second term, after he elbowed out the far-right to save one of Europe's few left-wing governments

Stockholm, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 18th Jan, 2019 ) :Sweden ended a four-month political vacuum Friday when lawmakers elected Prime Minister Stefan Lofven to a second term, after he elbowed out the far-right to save one of Europe's few left-wing governments.

Lofven's new minority centre-left government -- comprising his Social Democrats and the Greens -- won the backing of the Centre and Liberal parties, until now members of the four-party centre-right opposition Alliance.

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