Sweden’s Lofven in Final Government Push Ahead of Budget Vote
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Acting prime minister Stefan Lofven is running out of time in his bid to secure support for a new Social Democrat-led minority government ahead of a crucial budget vote that could see his conservative rivals shape Sweden’s economic policy in 2019.
Lofven was expected to brief parliament speaker Andreas Norlen about the status of the talks on Friday. Norlen, who is in charge of steering the government talks, has set a Monday deadline for deciding whether to announce a vote on a new administration. Such a vote would be held on Wednesday at the earliest.