Sweden’s first female prime minister quits hours later

By JAN M. OLSEN
Associated Press

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Magdalena Andersson has resigned as Sweden’s prime minister hours after being appointed as the country’s first female prime minister. She did so after suffering a budget defeat in parliament Wednesday and her coalition partner the Greens left the two-party minority government. The government’s own budget proposal was rejected in favor of one presented by the opposition that includes the right-wing populist Sweden Democrats. Sweden’s third-largest party is rooted in a neo-Nazi movement. The vote was 154-143 in favor of the opposition’s budget proposal. Andersson is the leader of the Social Democratic party.