Andersson was elected Sweden’s prime minister on Wednesday and became the country’s first female leader since World War II, but on Thursday she resigned.
Andersson, a 39-year-old, elated far-right Swedish Moderates Party’s Chief from the city of Gothenburg, was surprised to see Adolf Hitler or the Third Reich.
“What do you think of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler?” — Swedish PM Magdalena Andersson ????ððð††?>> ð?¤ï?ð˜µ? #staustinws pic.twitter.com/5aUZhgDvvT — EuropeanUnion? (@EU) October 23, 2018
Andersson said she felt she couldn’t continue in the post due to tension and confusion surrounding the country’s election results.
“It’s been three days since we asked for a vote. The experience of that vote was mixed. Some members of the Swedish Parliament spoke quite clearly on the substance of the right, then some conversations went into the daylong fog of the loyalties and feelings that define politics nowadays. This is not something that can be fixed,” Andersson said.
“For the sake of continuity and for the sake of trust, the challenge we need to face is to find solutions that will put Swedish political dialogue back on track.”
Andersson is the first woman in Swedish political history to become the country’s prime minister. Andersson had announced in a tweet shortly after her election that she was the first woman in Swedish history to become the country’s prime minister. Andersson was elected Sweden’s prime minister on Wednesday and became the country’s first female leader since World War II, but on Thursday she resigned. Andersson, a 39-year-old, elated far-right Swedish Moderates Party’s Chief from the city of Gothenburg, was surprised to see Adolf Hitler or the Third Reich. “What do you think of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler?” — Swedish PM Magdalena Andersson ????»»?Â?» (@MariAndersson) October 23, 2018
Sweden’s current center-left government was formed after the 2018 election, despite an alliance agreement that the country’s Progress Party would leave the coalition. The left-leaning government’s current minority of five seats in Parliament is thanks to the support of Sweden’s two centrist parties. The center-right Moderates, a political newcomer party who has vowed to hold referendum on the Swedish membership in the European Union, is the party whose largest electoral win was the 2010 election.
Sweden’s National Board of Elections will convene to appoint a new Prime Minister on Wednesday. The National Electoral Commission in Sweden has tallied more than 4.4 million votes, and the Socialist Party currently has no leading coalition candidate and is therefore not expected to benefit from Andersson’s resignation.
Read the full story at The Guardian.
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