Swedish voters go to polls to choose a new parliament as hard right bids for role in government
- STOCKHOLM -- Voters in Sweden headed to the polls on Sunday for an election that will determine whether a conservative leader remains in charge and a hard-right party wins ministerial jobs for the first time, or whether the center-left returns to power.
- Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson is seeking a second four-year term at the helm of the European Union nation that is also NATO’s newest member.
- Meanwhile, his predecessor hopes to win the job back.
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- STOCKHOLM -- Voters in Sweden headed to the polls on Sunday for an election that will determine whether a conservative leader remains in charge and a hard-right party wins ministerial jobs for the first time, or whether the center-left returns to power.
- Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson is seeking a second four-year term at the helm of the European Union nation that is also NATO’s newest member.
- Meanwhile, his predecessor hopes to win the job back.
Sources: ABC News