Sweden's prime minister resigns hours after her appointment

Sweden's elected prime minister, Magdalena Andersson, resigned on Wednesday, hours after she was appointed by parliament after she failed to pass a budget bill and the Green Party withdrew from the coalition government.

Anderson of the Social Democratic Party told reporters: "There is a constitutional convention that a coalition government should resign if a party withdraws from it."

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