New poll shows Sweden's Moderate Party just behind Social Democrats
Sweden's Social Democrats have been the largest party in the country for a hundred years. But according to a new opinion poll, the Moderates are closing in.
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Old Hat, New Hat: What direction did Sweden's Social Democrats set?
The Local's Nordic Editor Richard Orange surveys the Social Democrat party congress over the weekend and argues that the party swung neither to the left nor to the right, and that while it was not "totally new", it didn't stay exactly the same either..
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