About five weeks after the parliamentary elections in Sweden, conservative Ulf Kristersson was elected as the new prime minister. The 58-year-old received the necessary support from the Reichstag in Stockholm on Monday, thanks in part to the votes of the right-wing populist Swedish Democrats. 176 of the 349 MPs voted for Kristersson, 173 against him.
The leader of the conservative party The Moderates succeeds the Social Democratic Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson. He will already make a government statement on Tuesday and present his cabinet. The change of government will then be completed by King Carl XVI. gusta
The left camp narrowly missed the majority
A four-party conservative right-wing bloc around the moderates and the extremely strong Swedish Democrats won 176 of the 349 seats in the Reichstag in the September 11 parliamentary election. The left-wing camp around Andersson’s Social Democrats narrowly missed out on the majority with 173 seats. Andersson has led Sweden with a minority government since November, just like her Social Democratic predecessor Stefan Löfven in the previous seven years.
Kristersson relies on minority government
Kristersson will also count on a minority government. He wants to rule with a three-party coalition made up of the moderates, Christian Democrats and liberals, who work closely with the Swedish Democrats in parliament. Without the right-wing populists, who achieved record results in the elections and came second to power for the first time, the new governing coalition will not be able to achieve a majority of its own.
Minority governments are not uncommon in Scandinavia – Denmark and Norway are also currently governed this way. What is new, however, is that the Swedish right-wing populists as a supporting party will be actively involved in such a constellation. Their position also gives them great influence on immigration policy.
Source: Krone
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