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            <title><![CDATA[Political Scientist Says Centre Party Still Unlikely to Join Kristersson Government]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Sweden Democrats' announcement could open the door to a government led by the Moderates' Ulf Kristersson. The decision is in the Centre Party's hands. But that still seems a long way off, says political science professor Tommy Möller.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 13:52:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sweden Democrats Drop Demand for Cabinet Posts, Ready to Back Kristersson as Prime Minister]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Sweden Democrats have dropped their demand for ministerial posts and are prepared to tolerate Moderate Party leader Ulf Kristersson as prime minister in a four-party centre-right government. Kristersson believes this could make his task of forming a government “somewhat less difficult.”]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 09:40:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Jimmie Åkesson to Discuss Government Formation at Friday Press Conference]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Jimmie Åkesson will hold a press conference in Sölvesborg on Friday at lunchtime to discuss government formation, the Sweden Democrats announce.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 20:29:38 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sweden Democrats deny reports they are dropping demand for ministerial posts]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Sweden Democrats deny reports that the party is ready to drop its demand for ministerial posts. “This is completely false,” says press officer Oskar Cavalli-Björkman.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 09:38:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Jimmie Åkesson tells Sweden Democrats who disagree on Swedishness to leave the party]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Sweden Democrats leader Jimmie Åkesson has weighed in on the ongoing party dispute over what defines Swedishness. In an opinion piece in Expressen, he urges those who disagree with the party line to leave.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 06:33:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist rules out cooperation with the right as she explores centrist government option]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Centre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist has been tasked with exploring the possibility of forming a new government. She wants to talk to all party leaders, but her party’s red lines remain firm. There are many deadlocks, she tells TT.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:00:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sweden’s Centre Party-SD Government Deal Remains a Distant Prospect, Strömmer Says]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A right-wing government including both the Centre Party and the Sweden Democrats remains a distant prospect, despite SD leader Jimmie Åkesson's invitation to the Centre Party. This is what Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer (M) said on SVT's Agenda.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 19:51:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Åkesson Invites Center Party Leader to Talks on Sweden’s Parliamentary Deadlock, Keeps SD’s Government Demand]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Sweden Democrats leader Jimmie Åkesson invites Center Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist to an “unconditional conversation about the parliamentary situation,” he writes on X. The SD is not, however, dropping its demand to be in government.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 14:17:58 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[One in 10 voters asked AI how to vote in this year’s election, report finds]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Around one in ten voters asked AI for guidance on how to vote in this year’s election, according to a new report from the Internet Foundation (a Swedish internet research organization).]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 02:00:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Jimmie Åkesson says SD lost election because voters saw it as no different from Moderates]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[SD has been perceived as a centre-right party, while ministers from the Moderates (M) and Christian Democrats (KD) have been able to take credit for reforms pushed by the Sweden Democrats (SD). This is why SD lost the election, according to party leader Jimmie Åkesson.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 08:19:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SD wants Riksdag to extend fuel tax cuts to avoid sharp price rise]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Sweden Democrats want the Riksdag to take the initiative to prevent a "shock increase" in fuel prices.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 07:44:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Speaker delays government talks as parties remain deadlocked after election]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Almost 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.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 07:31:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Åkesson wants Speaker to put Andersson to a vote in the Riksdag]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[S leader Magdalena Andersson has thrown in the towel, but Jimmie Åkesson (SD) still thinks the Riksdag should vote on her as a prime minister candidate. She went to the election to form a government with these four parties. Now it's up to the Speaker, Åkesson says, who is not afraid of a snap election either.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 11:09:08 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Riksdag Speaker Andreas Norlén calls new party leader talks on Wednesday over Sweden government deadlock]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Speaker of the Riksdag Andreas Norlén will hold new party leadership talks on Wednesday. He hopes it will not take 134 days to form a new government this time.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 14:47:51 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Left Party rejects S claims of Moderates alliance, backs Andersson for prime minister candidate]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Left Party (V) rejects S accusations that it has begun collaborating with the Moderates. “We will never vote for any other prime ministerial candidate than her,” says V deputy party leader Ida Gabrielsson.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:10:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Left Party refuses to back down in government talks, says demands stand unchanged]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[It has been a week since Magdalena Andersson (S) was given the task of trying to form a government. There is still no sign of progress - or that V would back down from its ministerial demands. "You can just take it and forget it," writes deputy party leader Ida Gabrielsson on X.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 07:19:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Liberals saved by tactical voters, cementing SD alignment]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[For almost the entire term of office, the Liberals have been under the threshold. But at the finish line, voters once again saved one of Sweden's oldest parties. This also means that the embrace of the Sweden Democrats is firm, believes political science professor Li Bennich-Björkman. This line is being cemented forcefully.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 15:17:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Åkesson: Unclear who won the election as SD comments on losses]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[SD leader Jimmie Åkesson says it is unclear who won the election. At the same time, he comments on the party's losses.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 07:45:18 GMT</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[S leader Magdalena Andersson is tasked with trying to form a new government. But how she will put it together is unclear. The Left Party is not backing down from its demand for ministerial posts, while the Centre Party does not even want to sit down for a meeting with V.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 05:22:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[AIK drop points after goalkeeper heroics in 1-1 draw with Mjällby]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Andreas Brännström will have to wait a little longer for his first win as Mjällby coach. In the Swedish Football League, it was 1-1 against AIK in Solna. "There was little to do today," says Mjällby goalkeeper Robin Wallinder on TV4 Play.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Late voters swung support to the Liberals, SVT poll shows]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Two-thirds of Liberal voters made up their minds in the last week before the election, or on election day. This is a record, according to SVT's polling station survey. This is a clear indication that these are borrowed voters or voters who may not be primarily passionate about the Liberals, says political scientist Henrik Ekengren Oscarsson.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 10:22:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA["SD's party leadership met and discussed the election results on Tuesday. We had a very constructive strategy meeting today on how we should approach the different parliamentary situations that may arise now," says party leader Jimmie Åkesson after the meeting.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 08:46:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[SD is the party that is losing the most in the parliamentary elections. The party is losing in 285 of Sweden's 290 municipalities. It is a surprisingly large decline, says political scientist Andreas Johansson Heinö.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 04:00:18 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Busch: Only one government alternative, the blue-yellow bloc]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The leaders of the Tidö parties have reindeer saddle and chocolate pralines on the menu for Monday night’s dinner at Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s (M). Right now there is only one government alternative, says KD leader Ebba Busch.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 16:16:18 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Tactical voters saved Sweden’s Liberals, cementing the SD line]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[For almost the entire term in office, the Liberals have been below the threshold. But at the finish line, voters once again saved one of Sweden's oldest parties. This also means that the embrace of the Sweden Democrats is firm, believes political science professor Li Bennich-Björkman. This line is being cemented forcefully.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 10:11:49 GMT</pubDate>
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