Magdalena Andersson, who resigned seven hours after being chosen as Sweden’s first female prime minister last week, is set to be voted into office once again today.
Just hours after Swedish MPs chose Andersson her budget proposal was defeated and she lost the support of the Green Party from her coalition.
A government that had taken weeks of negotiations to form, was quickly toppled.
The speaker of Sweden’s parliament (Riksdag), Andreas Norlén, said he “regretted” what happened on Wednesday, and after polling party leaders once again he concluded that the votes would be there once again to elect Andersson.
The three parties that brought her to power have indicated that they will again allow her to be elected.
The 54-year-old economist is
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