(ANSA) - STOCKHOLM, NOV 11 - The new Swedish social democratic leader Magdalena Andersson has received the task of forming the new government, to become the first woman to lead the country.
After yesterday's resignation of Prime Minister Stefan Lofven (which he himself had announced last August, after seven years at the head of the government), the President of Parliament AndreasNorlén has appointed Andersson after consulting the party leaders, to allow the handover of powers between the Social Democratic dueleaders.
The current finance minister will have until Tuesday to present her conclusions or to ask for more time.
In the first case, the vote of confidence is scheduled for 18 November.
The Social Democratic leader, 54-year-old economist, will need the support of his environmental allies, but also of two parties with often diverging interests: the Left Party and the Central Party.
Sweden will vote in September 2022. The Social Democratic Party, the country's leading force for decades, will have to challenge the conservative moderates, who have joined forces with the anti-immigration party of the Swedish Democrats, as candidates to change the Swedish political scene.
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