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Sweden’s first female PM resigns hours after appointment

Sweden’s first-ever female prime minister has resigned just hours after she was designated.

Magdalena Andersson was declared as a leader on Wednesday but resigned after her coalition partner quit the government and her budget failed to pass.

Instead, parliament voted for a budget drawn up by the opposition which includes the anti-immigrant far-right.

“I have told the speaker that I wish to resign,” Ms Andersson told reporters

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