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Swedish lawmakers elect Prime Minister Stefan Lofven to second term
- Prime minister’s centre-left government fends off far-right advances
Social Democrat leader Stefan Lofven gives a press conference after being elected for a second term as prime minister on January 18, 2019 in Stockholm. Photo: AFP
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.