Sweden’s Prime Minister Stefan Lofven to step down in November

Social Democratic leader said he was stepping aside to give his successor the best possible chance in next year’s poll.

Sweden’s beleaguered Social Democratic Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has said he would step down in November to allow a successor time to prepare for the country’s September 2022 general election. Lofven was reinstated as prime minister by parliament in early July just weeks after being removed in a historic vote of no confidence. He told a political rally on Sunday he would “leave my position as party chairman at the party’s congress in November and thereafter also resign as prime minister”.