Sweden's Lofven suffers jolt as talks fail


Devdiscourse News Desk | Updated: 10-12-2018 14:55 IST | Created: 10-12-2018 14:43 IST
Sweden's Lofven suffers jolt as talks fail

Centre leader Annie Loof her party will not support Social Democrat leader Stefan Lofven as Sweden's prime minister after talks over a deal failed, putting attempts at forming a government back to square one, three months after an election.

"We have taken a decision to vote 'no' to Stefan Lofven as prime minister," Loof told reporters on Monday.

The Centre Party and the Liberals said last month they were willing to support Lofven if he agreed to lower taxes and free up restrictive labour laws.

(Reporting by Simon Johnson)

(With inputs from agencies.)

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