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Swedish PM Lofven offers housing compromise to stave off no-confidence vote

FILE PHOTO: Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven speaks during a news conference at Rosenbad, as a no-confidence vote looms, in Stockholm, Sweden June 17, 2021. TT News Agency/Janerik Henriksson via REUTERS

Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said on Sunday he had agreed with the governments cooperation parties to offer a compromise regarding rent control, in a bid to avoid losing a no-confidence vote in Parliament on Monday.

Earlier this week the opposition Sweden Democrats called a vote of no confidence scheduled for Monday, which Lofven looked set to lose after the Left Party withdrew its support for the government over a proposal to ease rent controls on newly built apartments. [L5N2O01LC]

(Reporting by Johan Ahlander and Anna Ringstrom)

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