Sweden’s center-right parties and the populist Sweden Democrats have united to oust the country’s prime minister, Stefan Löfven, in a mandatory no-confidence vote after elections that left neither main political bloc with a majority. That means that Löfven, whose center-left bloc won 144 seats in parliament on September 9 to the center-right’s 143, will have to step down eventually but will stay in office temporarily until a new government can be formed. That process could take several weeks. It's up to the speaker of parliament Andreas Norlén will ask another party leader to try to form a government.
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