{"id":9307,"date":"2021-06-25T12:44:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T12:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=9307"},"modified":"2021-06-25T12:44:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T12:44:12","slug":"riksdagen-drama-non-confidence-vote-vocab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/riksdagen-drama-non-confidence-vote-vocab\/","title":{"rendered":"Riksdagen Drama: Non-Confidence Vote Vocab"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tensions rose earlier this week as the Swedish parliament made history. They voted to oust Stefan L\u00f6fven, current Prime Minister and party leader of the Social Democrats. The hot topic? Rent control. With only a few days left to plan his next move, and the Swedish government in a shaky position, what better time than now to brush up on politics?! This week, we\u2019ll cover the vocabulary center to the non-confidence vote that took place Monday, and meet some of the main characters in this policy drama.<\/span>
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Regeringen och riksdagen – The Government and Parliament<\/h2>\n

Let\u2019s set the stage a bit – Sweden is a <\/span>konstitutionell monarki<\/span><\/i> (constitutional monarchy). The king serves as the head of state but has little political power. The 349 members of<\/span> riksdagen<\/span><\/i> (parliament) are the ones running the show, tackling the national legislature. Current parliamentary members are from 8 main partier<\/em> (parties) who work together to form coalitions and voting blocks.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Regeringen<\/span><\/i> is the Swedish noun for “the government.” In this context,<\/span> regeringen<\/span><\/i> also refers to the current ruling government, the coalition that the prime minister has built. M<\/em>isstroendeomr\u00f6stningen<\/i> (the non-confidence vote) was passed by 181 representatives who voted against L\u00f6fven’s regering. <\/em>Ready to meet some of the main characters of this political scandal<\/span>?! Nu k\u00f6r vi!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Huvudkarakt\u00e4rerna och partierna – Main Characters and Parties<\/h2>\n

Stefan L\u00f6fven<\/strong> is the <\/span>partiledare<\/span><\/i> (party leader) for the <\/span>Socialdemokraterna – S<\/span><\/i> (Social Democrats). The Social Democrats are credited for founding Sweden\u2019s welfare system and were the dominant party in Sweden for decades. Typically in the middle left of the political spectrum, this party has long seen declining popularity. L\u00f6fven was appointed s<\/span>tatsminister<\/span><\/i> (prime minister) of Sweden after the 2014 election, when he formed a minority <\/span>regering<\/span><\/i> with the Green Party.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Annie L\u00f6\u00f6f<\/strong> is the <\/span>partiledare<\/span><\/i> for Centerpartiet – C (Center Party). The Center Party has been in coalition with S and thus abstained from the voting on Monday. <\/span>Centerpartiet<\/span><\/i> was in favor of removing rent caps for residents in apartment buildings in order to encourage developers to invest in new housing. They argue that the <\/span>bostadskris<\/span><\/i> (housing crisis) in large cities could be solved but that developers are scared to invest in buildings where they can’t control the price of rent themselves. L\u00f6\u00f6f says that issue is off the table for now after Monday\u2019s vote.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Nooshi Dadgostar<\/strong> is <\/span>V\u00e4nsterpartiets<\/span><\/i> – V (Left Party) <\/span>partiledare<\/span><\/i>. <\/span>V\u00e4nsterpartiet<\/span><\/i> is a left-wing party that the <\/span>Socialdemokraterna<\/span><\/i> have depended on for the majority vote. But when the current <\/span>regering<\/span><\/i> brought up the long-debated topic of hyress\u00e4ttning<\/em> (rent pricing), <\/span>V\u00e4nsterpartiet <\/span><\/i>was not cooperative. V believes that removing the cap on rent will skyrocket rent prices in an already competitive environment. Days before the vote in parliament, Dagdostar threatened to pull support and dismantle the current government. And that’s exactly what happened.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Jimmie \u00c5kesson<\/strong> is the <\/span>partiledare<\/span><\/i> for the nationalist party Sverigedemokraterna – SD (Sweden Democrats). He comes into play here because his party called for the actual vote to take place. Interestingly here, we see the right and left sides of the political spectrum in alignment as SD and V both voted against L\u00f6fven. Although, V’s Dagdostar had made it clear that her party would not allow for a right-wing government majority to form.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00c5h, ironin!<\/em> Oh, the irony!<\/h2>\n

The irony is that Stefan Lofven himself is not in favor of removing the rent cap, but his party is. So, L\u00f6fven takes one for the team and becomes the first prime minister to lose such a motion from <\/span>riksdagen<\/span><\/i>. According to Swedish law, L\u00f6fven has 1 week to decide whether a new election will happen in September or he\u2019ll ask the talman<\/em> (government speaker) to form a new government in the meantime. Looks like there won’t be much midsommar<\/em> fun happening for the scrambling S-parti this weekend. Tr\u00e5kigt!<\/em><\/span>
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Stay Tuned!<\/h2>\n

This incident has become world news, so it won’t be too difficult to find a news source to follow along. For political news p\u00e5 l\u00e4tt svenska<\/em> (in easy Swedish), 8sidor.se\u2019s <\/span>Alla v\u00e4ljare<\/span><\/i><\/a> is your guide.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Tensions rose earlier this week as the Swedish parliament made history. They voted to oust Stefan L\u00f6fven, current Prime Minister and party leader of the Social Democrats. The hot topic? Rent control. With only a few days left to plan his next move, and the Swedish government in a shaky position, what better time than…<\/p>\n

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