Swedish Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson has been elected the next leader of the Social Democrats, giving her the opportunity to become the first female Prime Minister in the Nordic country.
Andersson will take over as Prime Minister Stefan Lofven as a party leader at a meeting in November before a parliamentary vote to become the left-wing government leader.
He vowed Wednesday to step down “with every stone” in the fight against terrorists, a story that is set to take place in next year’s general election in the wake of a spate of violence in which rival factions fight bombs and rifles. At least 25 people were taken to hospital after an explosion Tuesday in a Swedish house in Gothenburg’s second city.
All other Nordic countries have had at least two feminists but Sweden, which prides itself as an expression of gender equality and the concept of foreign feminism, has not.
Andersson is expected to lead Social Democrats in next year’s parliamentary election cold and immigrants after massive explosions, bomb blasts and grenade launchers.
But he still faces obstacles to becoming a Prime Minister. His budget for next year, which has been named as finance minister, is yet to be approved by parliament within the left-wing mainstream political parties. Lofven has said he will step down if the budget fails after many years fighting against a divided parliament.
Andersson will need to be approved by the legislature where the rise of populist Sweden Democrats and political divisions have made voting difficult.
One Andersson whistle holds that Sweden is due to hold parliamentary elections next September. If parliament refuses to support him, by-elections must be held within three to four months, meaning Swedish people will vote twice in less than 12 months, which many parties want to avoid.
Sweden’s growing problem of terrorist terrorism needs to be reconciled in the election negotiations.
Ulf Kristersson, leader of Moderate’s main center-right party, has called on Sweden to implement anti-terrorism laws against terrorists and harsh sanctions, saying the Social Democrats have not done enough.
Andersson, who said he was “honored” by the “never-before-seen” response, said the terrorists had taken over all “captured” areas and that “full human mobilization” would restore order.
He added: “We have a problem of violence that is not in our country. We do not have a vivid picture of what happened in Gothenburg yesterday, but one thing is certain: the bombings and the grenades in which people live are not just one issue, but an uprising against our organization. ”