No, nein, no, say Sweden and a number of like-minded people, as the EU's budget battle has now landed in a first compromise proposal. A cut of 20 percent - not 2 percent - is the counter-offer.
World politicsVictor Nilsson Lindelöf and Gabriel Gudmundsson believe they silenced the critics with the 5-1 victory over Tunisia. The opening-day performance also seems to have put their next World Cup opponent on notice. “Watch out, Netherlands!” writes De Telegraaf about Blågult.
SportsDefender Gabriel Gudmundsson - who has previously been ill - is available to play in Sweden's World Cup opener against Tunisia on Monday night, national team captain Graham Potter announced at a press conference in Monterrey, Mexico.
SportsMore than half a century has passed since the famous “clique” in Munich in 1972. This year, the royal couple - along with 32,900 other people who also got married in 1976 - are celebrating their golden wedding anniversary.
SwedenThe most popular Swedish national team jersey right now, ahead of the World Cup opener against Tunisia? "I don't know," Viktor Gyökeres says. "It's mine."
FootballPlayoff hero Gustav Lundgren tore his Achilles tendon and missed the World Cup. He came to Dallas anyway - in cardboard form. It has been a success, says Robert Laul, a reporter at Göteborgs-Posten.
SportsThe good news ahead of Sweden's World Cup debut against Tunisia is that defender Gabriel Gudmundsson is healthy and will train with the national team.
SportsA well-rounded, calculated national team has struggled its way to the World Cup. What kind of magic trick has Graham Potter actually pulled off? "I've tried to figure it out myself," says defender Gabriel Gudmundsson about Sweden's transformation under the Englishman.
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