Magdalena Andersson: Sweden's first female PM returns in Brussels after resignation
European Council meeting on COVID-19, energy prices and foreign affairs. The EU leaders will discuss continued coordination measures to address the COVID-19 pandemic, crisis preparedness and energy prices. The Strategic Compass for security and defence policy cooperation is also on the agenda.
Migration and developments at the Belarusian border will also be discussed. Other foreign affairs include the summit between the EU and the African Union in February and the current situation concerning Russia and Ukraine.
This will be the first time Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has taken part in the European Council.
Sweden's first female prime minister has been reappointed to the top job after political turmoil forced her to resign within hours of taking the post last week.
MPs backed Social Democratic Party leader Magdalena Andersson by a narrow margin in a new vote on Monday.
She will attempt to lead a one-party government until an election in September next year.
She stood down as PM last Wednesday after her coalition collapsed.
Just hours earlier, Ms Andersson had been elected as Sweden's first female prime minister by a single vote in parliament.
But the 54-year-old economist's plan for forming a new coalition government with the Green Party was thrown into disarray when her budget proposal failed to pass.
Instead, parliament voted for a budget drawn up by a group of opposition parties, including the far-right Sweden Democrats.
The Green Party said it would not accept a budget drafted by the far-right and walked away from the government, leading to its demise.
By convention, the prime minister in Sweden is expected to resign if a coalition party leaves government.
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