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Swedish PM to step down ahead of 2022 elections
By EUobserver
Swedish prime minister Stefan Löfven caught the nation off guard on Sunday, saying he would resign in November ahead of a general election in September 2022 to give his successor a chance to improve the Social Democrats' standing in the polls, Reuters reported. Löfven has been prime minister since 2014, but his two coalition governments have lurched from crisis to crisis, unable to command a majority in parliament.