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Sweden’s first ever female prime minister resigns

Sweden’s first ever female prime minister has resigned just hours after she was appointed. Magdalena Andersson, was announced as leader on Wednesday but resigned after…

Avatar image of Solid FM Solid FM•November 25, 2021
Swedish Social Democratic Party leader and newly appointed Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson during a press conference after the budget vote in the Swedish parliament in Stockholm, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021. Hours after being tapped as Sweden’s prime minister, Magdalena Andersson resigned Wednesday after suffering a budget defeat in parliament and coalition partner the Greens left the two-party minority government. ”For me, it is about respect, but I also do not want to lead a government where there may be grounds to question its legitimacy,” Andersson told in the news conference. (Pontus Lundahl/TT via AP)

Sweden’s first ever female prime minister has resigned just hours after she was appointed. Magdalena Andersson, was announced as leader on Wednesday but resigned after her coalition partner quit the government and her budget failed to pass.

Instead, parliament voted for a budget drawn-up by the opposition which includes the anti-immigrant far right. Her coalition partner, the Greens Party said it could not accept a budget drafted for the first time with the far-right.

In her resignation, Andersson said that she hoped to try to become prime minister again as a single party government leader. It will be recalled that Andersson was elected as prime minister earlier on Wednesday because under Swedish law, she only needed a majority of Members of Parliament not to vote against her.

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