FILE PHOTO: Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven leaves a meeting at the EU summit, in Brussels, Belgium, July 21, 2020. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/Pool/File Photo
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish centre-left Prime Minister Stefan Lofven looks headed for defeat in a no-confidence vote on Monday after the formerly communist Left Party withdrew its support over plans to ease rent controls on new-build housing.
The motion of no-confidence was submitted to parliament on Thursday by the nationalist Sweden Democrats, and opposition parties with enough votes to oust Lofven quickly lined up to support it.
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