Moderates Reach Five-Year High in SVT/Verian Poll as Support Also Rises in TV4/Novus Survey
The Moderates are at their highest level in five years in the latest SVT/Verian poll. The party is also gaining in the TV4/Novus survey.
Swedish politicsThe Moderates are at their highest level in five years in the latest SVT/Verian poll. The party is also gaining in the TV4/Novus survey.
Swedish politicsNegotiations to form a new government in the Stockholm Region are breaking down, P4 Stockholm and other media report.
Swedish politicsThe Left Party’s Nooshi Dadgostar regrets that government negotiations have not progressed further. “What is needed now is clear leadership that recognises the parliamentary reality,” she says.
Swedish politicsThe day before the red-green meeting, the Center Party leader met with the Christian Democrats (KD) leader in a sauna. The Center Party has not completely abandoned its dream of a centrist coalition, says Left Party (V) deputy leader Ida Gabrielsson.
SwedenThe Social Democrats are abandoning the Left Party in Stockholm Region (the regional health authority) and have instead turned to the right.
Swedish politicsThe red-green parties strongly criticize the government's late announcement on quota refugees, which means that 350 people will receive protection this year. At the same time, the parties disagree among themselves about how many refugees Sweden should accept.
Swedish politicsLiberal Party member of parliament Pär Gustafsson, who sits on the Finance Committee, wants to “secure the future of the Army Museum.”
EntertainmentAlmost three weeks after the election, there is not even a rough sketch for a government. The parties seem as locked behind their red lines as on election night. And the Speaker needs to think a little more about who should be given the task of trying to form a government.
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