The Centre Party won the trust of foreign-born voters by promising to stand up for their rights and keep the Sweden Democrats out of power. If it abandons these central election pledges, many will see it as a betrayal they will never forget, Richard Orange argues..
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Statistics Sweden released its June data on political party preference in Sweden. We dug into the numbers to see how the overall trends stack up with the party preferences of foreign-born people in the country.
Sweden's Centre Party is facing difficult choices as negotiations over the country's next government continue.Lyssna: 1110 ENG Centre Party faces difficult choices as Sweden's government talks contThe Centre Party is wei…
Centre leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist.Lyssna: Centre Party’s Friday ultimatum to Sweden’s PM hopefulsThe Centre Party announced today they want both the Social Democrats and the Moderates to present complete packages o…
MPs in parliament during Tuesday's Prime Minister debate and vote.Lyssna: Centre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist loses Sweden's second Prime MinisMPs have rejected Centre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist as…
Martin Ådahl, economics spokesperson for the Centre Party, has ruled out any deal which will see his party support a right-wing government dependent on the far-right Sweden Democrats, telling The Local simply that "it wi…
The voting board following Thursday’s vote for Prime Minister in the Riksdag chamber.Lyssna: 1019 ENG Centre Party takes centre stage in Sweden’s government deadlockCentre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist has been…
Senior politicians for the far-right Sweden Democrats have reacted to the party's poor election result by blaming immigrant voters and newly naturalised Swedish citizens voting for the first time. Is there any truth to t…
As is implied by their name, the Centre Party are very, well, in the centre of the political spectrum. That means they could end up being the kingmakers in coalition talks after the election. Which side are they likely t…
The Centre Party has announced in a press conference that its aim is for Sweden to have a new government after the next election – one which is not reliant on the Left Party or the Sweden Democrats.
The Centre Party's nomination committee has proposed Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist as the party's new leader, making her almost certain to be voted into the role when the party's delegates meet for their party congress next…
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Benjamin NetanyahuIsraels premiärminister 1996–1999, 2009–2021 och 2022–Britain's ambassador to Sweden, Samantha Job, is set to meet the chair of the Swedish parliamentary committee responsible for immigration on November 11th, to discuss what can be done to help Brits refused post-Brexit re…
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The Social Democrats and Green Party are due to meet with both the Centre Party and the Left Party today to discuss ways to overcome the obstacles to forming a viable government coalition.
Sweden's national weather agency, SMHI, has issued yellow weather warnings for snowfall on Thursday and Friday across parts of the country.
Sweden Democrat leader Jimmie Åkesson still has his eyes set on the prime minister role in four years' time – and SMHI issues yellow warnings for first major snowfall of the season. Here's the latest news on Wednesday.
Arguably untranslatable into English, svek covers a wide span of situations where trust has been breached, from treachery and betrayal to infidelity, to just letting someone else down.
This week's Sweden in Focus Extra podcast features an interview with Jackie Rulander, a cross-cultural strategist from Barbados who is based in Jönköping.
Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson has said that she is ready to again try to form a government – but needs more time.
On Friday, the Sweden Democrats dropped their demand for ministerial posts. The Left Party hasn’t budged on its own. Between them, they’ve given the Centre Party the cover it needs to back Ulf Kristersson as the least il…
