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Anna Kinberg Batra stepped down as leader of Sweden’s biggest opposition party as
the center-right bloc finds itself in disarray one year ahead
of elections in the largest Nordic economy.
Kinberg Batra resigned amid growing internal discontent over her stewardship and falling support in public opinion polls. Only 6 percent of all voters and a third of her party’s voters said they preferred the 47-year-old as the country’s next prime minister, according to a DN/Ipsos poll released this week. “This doesn’t mean the party’s problems are solved,†she said at a press conference in Stockholm. “They are not about a single person.â€
The resignation comes amid a turbulent time for Swedish politics, with the opposition threatening no confidence motions against ministers over proposed tax increases. It also follows the ouster of cabinet ministers over a classified
information breach.
Kinberg Batra took over as leader from former Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt
after the party and its allies lost power in 2014.