Swedish Lawmakers to Vote Next Week on Andersson After Chaos

Swedish Lawmakers to Vote Next Week on Andersson After Chaos
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, Sweden, on Nov. 24, 2021. Pontus Lundahl/TT via AP
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark—Swedish lawmakers will vote next week on whether Magdalena Andersson, who briefly became the country’s first female prime minister before resigning after a budget defeat, can form a minority government, the parliament speaker said Thursday.

Andersson served as prime minister for seven hours before stepping down Wednesday after the Greens left her two-party coalition. Their move followed the rejection of her government’s budget proposal—in favor of one presented by opposition parties including the right-wing populist Sweden Democrats.