Swedish Parliament elects conservative prime minister on Monday Ulf Kristersson He will rule in the minority with the outside support of the Christian Democrats and Liberals and the far-right Sweden Democrats (SD).
got Kristersson 176 votes in favor and 173 againstIn the Swedish system, the requirement to be elected Prime Minister is fulfilled: lack of a parliamentary majority, set at 175 seats.
The Social Democratic Party, which was in power in the last two chambers, was the party that received the most votes in the elections. parliamentary election With 30.3% on September 11, it is ahead of the SD (20.5%) and conservatives (19.1%).
Kristersson will read before Parliament tomorrow government statement and then he will present his cabinet, which will formally come to power during a State Council chaired by King Carl XVI Gustaf.
“Change is not only necessary, but possible,” the leader of the Conservative caucus said during the pre-vote debate. Tobias Billstrom He insisted that Sweden needed a prime minister who would “unite and not divide”.
His Social Democratic counterpart, lena hallengrendescribed the new manager as “weak” and was “largely” driven by the SD.
The agreement presented last Friday between the four political forces includes: tighten immigration policy and fight crimeas well as cuts in support for nuclear power and development aid.
SD leader Jimmie Åkesson acknowledged that he would prefer a Majority Leader to be part of his party, but stressed that he had achieved it. “significant” political influence in agreement and “as if we were in the government”.
Kristersson took it on the 19th official duty to guide negotiations After Norlén met with all the political leaders and the majority backed him.
With neo-Nazi roots in its founding in the late 1980s, the SD was a “cord cleaning” By the rest of the powers since he entered Parliament in 2010, which explains why the Social Democrats led the last two legislatures in a minority despite having a centre-right majority in the House.
Conservatives, Christian Democrats, and Liberals last year break this isolation and agrees with SD, despite denying him access to an administrator.