After a high-profile case, the Center Party wants Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson (M) to explain why prostitution is taxed.
Swedish politicsThe government's tougher penalties are welcomed by parts of the opposition. However, the Social Democrats are also critical of the lack of a timetable for several of the legal changes.
Swedish politicsThe Tidö parties reject an independent investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's connections to Sweden, reports P4 Stockholm.
SwedenThe Green Party wants to repeal several of the Tidö parties' stricter laws on migration and justice if the red-greens win the election. One example is the law allowing 13-year-olds to be imprisoned. "It goes without saying that we will push for this to be repealed," says spokesman Daniel Helldén.
Swedish politicsThe next government must invest more in the mental health of children and young people than any previous government. This is a demand from the Center Party as a condition for supporting a government after the election.
Swedish politicsAfter the Liberals announced their intention to cooperate with the Sweden Democrats, the Left Party reached out to the Center Party. The answer was: "We are not interested."
Swedish politicsLeft Party leader Nooshi Dadgostar invited the Centre Party to talks, she said in Ekot's Saturday interview. But the Centre Party leader refused and called the invitation a "political game."
SwedenThe Center Party proposes a fast track to Swedish citizenship.
SwedenThe human rights organization Civil Rights Defenders views the Tidö parties' proposed changes with concern, especially regarding how people are allowed to express themselves. "It creates different levels of freedom of expression," says Chief Legal Officer John Stauffer.
SwedenIn a recent report, the Climate Policy Council criticized the government's climate work - and MP Amanda Lind calls it a disaster. Acting Minister of Climate and Environment Johan Britz (L) disagrees. "The government does not share the council's view," he says in a comment to TT.
Swedish politicsThe Riksdag approves the new indefinite sentence of safe custody.
Swedish politicsFormer Liberal leader Birgitta Ohlsson is running for the Center Party in the autumn elections. She reacted with sadness after the Liberals on Friday opened the door to governing with the Sweden Democrats (SD). After the next election, we could have a party in the government with Nazi roots, she says.
Swedish politicsThe Center Party gains an average of about ten new members per week. Over the weekend alone, 150 new members joined, according to party secretary Hannes Hervieu.
Swedish politicsDebater and artist Alexander Bard has joined the Liberal Party.
EntertainmentThe Social Democrats and the Center Party are presenting a committee initiative to pause the new so-called efficiency fees, a fee on how and when households use electricity.
SwedenThe Centre Party wants to introduce a new form of student employment based on the Danish model. "We want it to be as obvious to work in your industry during your studies as it is to study for exams," says Centre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist.
SwedenThe opposition welcomes the Tidö parties' decision to pause teenage expulsions. But the Centre Party, among others, believes they should do more.
SwedenYoung people under the age of 15 should not be allowed on social media, the Moderates believe, and the party leader now wants to see a clear age limit. It should be at least as strict as Systembolaget's checks requiring customers to be 20, says Moderate leader and Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.
Swedish politicsA few countries have begun evacuating stranded citizens in the Middle East, but the Swedish Foreign Ministry says there is no possibility of evacuating Swedes. The same message comes from the prime minister. "In general, I have no new information now," Ulf Kristersson said.
Swedish politicsThe European Commission is not proposing any new mechanism to provide support for abortions - but points out that the means and possibilities exist. A historic first step, says Swedish MEP Abir Al-Sahlani (C).
WorldShould women in the EU receive financial support if they are forced to leave their home country to have a safe and legal abortion? Yes, according to Sweden and others. The European Commission is expected to make its decision this week.
WorldThe statutory, widely criticized "power tariffs" may be scrapped. I am in favor of stopping them outright, says Energy Minister Ebba Busch (KD).
BusinessThe center proposes that the possibility of staying for particularly distressing reasons be reintroduced so that children who grew up with parents who have residence permits in Sweden are not deported when they turn 18.
SwedenS and L chose not to support V's and MP's proposal in the social insurance committee on teenage deportations. "S and L have lied to the Swedish people straight to their faces and said they want to stop the deportations," says V's migration policy spokesperson Tony Haddou.
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