Swedish MPs reject PM as head of new govt

Stockholm: Sweden’s parliament on Friday voted against outgoing Prime Minister Stefan Lofven as head of a new government, more than three months after an election that has spawned political stalemate. As was widely expected, lawmakers voted 200 to 116 against the Social Democrat Lofven, who had been nominated by speaker of parliament Andreas Norlen. Both Lofven and the leader of the conservative Moderates party, Ulf Kristersson, have been unable to form a government that has the support of a parliamentary majority. (AFP)