Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven announced that Swedes will go back to the polls for a second time in just over six months, on March 22, after he failed achieve consensus on his coalitions proposed budget. Löfven‘s Red-Green coalition government fell Wednesday after the far-right Sweden Democrats voted to support an opposition budget put forth by the center-right Alliance coalition on Wednesday.
Löfven was unable to reach an agreement on the budget during last minute budget negotiations which broke down on Tuesday night.
At a press conference held immediately after the vote, Mr Löfven told journalists that the March election would allow Swedes to “make a choice in the face of this new political landscape”.
