<span style="color: #222222;">In Sweden, the parliament today voted against outgoing Prime Minister Stefan Lofven as head of a new government, more than three months after an election that has spawned political stalemate.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Lawmakers voted 200 to 116 against the Social Democrat Lofven, who had been nominated by speaker of parliament, Andreas Norlen. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Both Lofven and the leader of the conservative Moderates party, Ulf Kristersson, have been unable to form a government that has the support of a parliamentary majority.</span>