Swedish parties plan no-confidence vote over security leak
HELSINKI — Sweden’s left-leaning minority government faced a crisis Wednesday after a populist party said it would support four opposition parties in a no-confidence vote against it over one of the largest security breaches in the country.
If passed, the vote would force the ouster of three government ministers and could lead to the resignation of Prime Minister Stefan Lofven’s Cabinet.
Lofven called an emergency Cabinet meeting after the head of the maverick anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats said they would back the right-wing opposition parties in a no-confidence vote, giving them the required majority to oust the ministers.
“There are only two alternatives, either a new election or he himself (Lofven) resigns,” Sweden Democrats leader Jimmie Akesson said.