Gilbert Tribo, who's the former group leader for the Liberals in the Skåne region.Lyssna: Conflict within the Liberals continues — 'it's a purge of dissenters'Several Liberal politicians who were part of a group that represents the party in the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions, SALAR, have now been removed from their posts or told to step down.One of them is Gilbert Tribo, the former group leader for the Liberals in the Skåne regional authority, and he claims this is a purge of dissenters, unhappy with recent policy changes and the leadership of party leader Simona Mohamsson.However, Liberal party secretary Fredrik Brange writes that the changes are due to some members choosing not to run for municipal or regional office in the recent elections.Radio Sweden engli Läs mer på SR
Embracing the Sweden Democrats was supposed to give the Liberals access to much needed support from their allies. The risk is that it pushes their poll ratings even further into the basement, argues The Local's James Sav…
This week’s episode of Sweden in Focus Extra features analysis of the Liberal Party's decision to no longer oppose far-right Sweden Democrat inclusion in a future government.
In the meeting, the Liberals are expected to come up with a new position statement on the party's openness to working with a government that includes the hard-right Sweden Democrats. The issue is dividing top figures in…
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Sweden’s Liberal Party are currently at around 2 percent in the polls, their worst result for decades and well below the four percent threshold needed to enter the Swedish parliament. What would happen to their 16 seats…
Simona Mohamsson vowed to bring 'tough love' to immigration and integration politics in her first speech as party leader. Will one of her first moves be to change the Liberals' stance on the far-right Sweden Democrats, a…
Centre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist has been tasked with exploring the prospects for her party's stated ideal: a centrist government led by Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson. But the Liberals have alre…
The number of exclusion orders in Sweden have increased.Lyssna: Drastic increase of preventive exclusion orders compared to last yearFollowing a new law in 2024 police are allowed to restrict the movements of people with…
Lovisa Rambjer, a researcher at IFAU.Lyssna: Study: Stricter oversight doubles the chances of landing a jobStricter monitoring to ensure that those registered unemployed are managing their job searches as planned leads t…
Daylight saving time is over for now. Lyssna: How to cope with darker days after Sweden turns the clocks backSweden along with other EU member states switched to standard time this weekend.The bi-yearly turning of clocks…
Finance minister Elisabeth Svantesson at Tuesday's budget briefing.Lyssna: Svantesson: A budget with no new policiesSweden's caretaker government will present an apolitical interim budget next month, free from new spendi…
The government says it's up to the Migration Agency to assess which other Swedish tests meet the language requirement for citizenship.Lyssna: Government and Migration Agency point fingers over citizenship language test r…
Sid, the police dog of the year, with his handler.Lyssna: Sid is Police Dog of the Year — saved his handler's lifeHe saved his handler’s life and has contributed to solving several crimes.Sid the German Shepherd is the P…
Sweden's National Agency for Education wants more young people to study vocational programmes, instead of for example arts.Lyssna: Agency proposes cuts to university-preparatory programmes – faces criticismSweden's Natio…
The Patriot air defence systemLyssna: Swedish Armed Forces: Russian threats against Swedish shipments to Ukraine on tRussia is intensifying its attempts to sabotage Swedish shipments to Ukraine, the Swedish Armed Forces…
Centre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist was tasked by the Speaker of Parliament with exploring the possibility of forming a new government.Lyssna: 1026 ENG Political scientist: Extra election still not likely, but…