It was both a hilarious and relieved mood in the parliamentary kammarfoajé before the members and ministers gathered in the chamber to cast their votes in the statsministeromröstningen. Over four months have passed since the elections, which, with a margin, is a historical record for the formation of governments in Sweden.
After the explanations of vote went to the house to vote and voted with a comfortable majority until Stefan Löfven as prime minister. Replying stayed at 115, yes, 153 no, and 77 abstained. It had been at least 175 no-votes for the proposal would fall.
Four members were absent, and the liberal Helena Lindahl chose to go against the party line and voted no to S-leader as prime minister.
Stefan Löfven held a brief press conference after the parliament’s decision:
– the Swedish parliament has now appointed me to the country’s prime minister. I take on this responsibility with both humility but also with determination, he said.
present his new government and at the same time read up regeringsförklaringen in the parliament.
” It is high time that the political work will start in the parliament and government. It is now, ” said Löfven.
the Prime minister underlined that the way that parliament has now chosen means that Sweden does not go in several other countries footsteps and gives influence to the far-right and nationalist parties.
– Sweden chooses a different path and it is historic, he said.
Now the political work into a new phase when the S+MP government to implement the reform agenda hammered out together with the Centre party and the Liberals.
” the pace of Reforms will be high, cooperation should be searched wide. Januariavtalet between the C, L, MP, and S shall be implemented to the fullest. Through this agreement, Sweden may now have a new government that is built on the interaction in the middle of Swedish politics, ” said Stefan Löfven.
behind the new regeringsuppgörelsen, before statsministeromröstningen the opportunity and argued for why they give the green light for Stefan Löfven.
Had it just been about to choose between the Socialists and the Conservatives so we had chosen the moderate party, and we had voted Ulf Kristersson. But such a government would each week will be dependent on support from The sweden democrats. Such support will not be free, said L-leader Jan Björklund.
He also reminded that the agreement between S, C, L, and MP contains a lot of liberal policies.
The economic policy is more conservative than what the alliance government managed to pass, said Bjorklund.
recalled that the bourgeois after the last elections, demanded that the red-green government would take support from the Left party.
“It was a mistake,” said Lööf.
– We and the Liberals choose to let the social democrats but this time we choose to take responsibility for the policy.
She also stressed that C’s position is based on to shut out the SD from influence over government policy.
– the Centre party has chosen the path, We choose to tolerate the government which can operate without support from The sweden democrats and where we can get through the liberal policy, said Annie Lööf.
received the sharp criticism of the Moderatledaren Ulf Kristersson, who argued that the former allianskollegorna not dared to stand for their own policies because of the risk that The sweden democrats would vote for them.
– It is to abdicate from their political responsibility before the voters, ” said Kristersson.
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He believes that the red-green government, which continues during the four years has not managed to overcome the most obvious problems in the society.
– A government that has failed with the most acute problems is now allowed to continue to reign. It is a historic mistake, ” said Ulf Kristersson.
today, breaking the C and L of the Alliance at the national level, he noted.
– M is now in opposition. It will be our role to collect the bourgeois-minded who also want to have a civil government, said Ulf Kristersson.
argued that there are now two new blocks in Swedish politics – a vänsterliberalt forming the government and a conservative where SD, M, and KD included.
“It’ll be fun to in opposition to face this” government. We vote no today. It gets the red key, now, if anyone thought anything else, ” said Åkesson before the statsministeromröstningen.
He also noted that there is a right-wing majority in the parliament and that, therefore, there ought to be a right-wing prime minister voted by parliament.
” So we sit now with Stefan Löfven, Gustav Fridolin, and Isabella Lövin, in another four years. It is a bizarre development that I didn’t see coming, said Jimmie Åkesson.
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