 "Sweden's PM loses confidence vote, first govt leader to lose such motion")
Stefan Lofven, Sweden's Social Democratic prime minister since 2014, lost a no-confidence vote Monday, making him the first Swedish government leader ever to lose such a motion.
The vote was initiated Tuesday by the small Left Party, an ally of the minority government that is not in the two-party center-left coalition.
It is unclear what will happen next in Sweden. Lofven said Thursday he wanted to wait the outcome of no-confidence vote and then think through what is best for Sweden. The prime minister said he has two options: calling a snap election or become the head of a caretaker government.
He has one week to decide what to do.
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