The leader of Sweden's opposition Social Democrats has confirmed that the party will add transitional arrangements to the stricter citizenship rules which came into force in June, meeting the demands of the Fair Transition campaign..
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The former Sweden Democrat MP Elsa Widding has come out in favour of including transitional provisions in the upcoming stricter citizenship bill, arguing that "you can't change the rules mid-match". But she has not said…
Sweden's Social Democrats have joined the rest of the opposition parties in calling for transitional rules to be included in Sweden's stricter citizenship law when it comes before by parliament for a vote next month.
An initiative filed by the Green Party calling for a new bill adding transitional rules to the upcoming stricter citizenship law has been voted down by a parliamentary committee in what the Green Party have called "a ser…
Swedish MPs on the committee in charge of processing immigration laws are set to meet at 10am to discuss the opposition's bid for a new vote on adding transitional provisions to the recently passed citizenship law.
At least three out of four opposition parties are demanding that parliament vote once again on the issue of transitional arrangements for the new stricter citizenship rules. The Local asked the parliamentary parties how…
Sweden's Migration Minister Johan Forssell of the Moderates said it was "very important" that parliament stopped transitional rules for the new citizenship law.
With a majority of just one vote, parliament rejected adding transitional rules to Sweden's June 6th citizenship reforms. But there's still reason to be hopeful, writes The Local's Richard Orange.
Sweden’s opposition parties failed to add transitional rules to the new stricter citizenship bill when it was voted through by parliament, meaning the tougher rules will apply even to pending applications when they come…
Sweden's four opposition parties have included a joint counter-motion in the citizenship bill which goes before parliament on Wednesday, calling for transitional rules to be brought in for existing applications and ongoi…
Fair Transition has succeeded in pushing the campaign to add transitional rules to Sweden's upcoming citizenship law up the political agenda. But what chance does it have of actually changing the law?
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