Budget Difficulties Grow for Sweden's Minority Government

Sweden’s minority Social Democratic-led government needs to rely on opposition leaders enforcing party discipline to pass its budget in November after the Sweden Democrats vowed to reject the plan.

The anti-immigration party called for a no confidence vote in the finance minister and said the government is unprepared to handle the record inflows of refugees. It vowed to back the budget of the biggest opposition party, the Moderates, when spending plans are debated next month. That means that if enough members of parliament of the other three opposition Alliance parties defy their party leadership and vote with the Moderates, the government’s budget could fail.