The Swedish government of Social Democratic Prime Minister Stefan Löfven finds itself under threat of a vote of no confidence in parliament on Monday, which unexpectedly opens up the scenario of elections ahead of their currently scheduled date of September 2022.
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The Left Party, until then regular support of the government, announced Thursday its intention to vote no confidence in protest against a project to liberalize regulated rents. In the process, the far-right Swedish Democrats tabled a motion of censure, which the right-wing Moderates and Christian Democrats will also vote on. If these four parties voted together against the government on Monday, the government would fall.
