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Sweden in Focus is The Local’s weekly podcast where we discuss the big news and talking points in Sweden as well as explore and explain the issues that impact life in the country.
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Did immigrants really swing Sweden's election? (opens the original)
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This week: Final election results, far right blames immigrants for loss, and what the election outcome means for foreigners in Sweden. 200,000 foreigners who have become Swedish citizens are to blame for Sweden’s tiny swing to the left – and in particular for the losses suffered by the Sweden Democrats. That’s the claim being made by the party as it grapples with a surprise electoral reverse in Sunday’s election. But is it accurate to say that immigrants won this election for the Left? Host Jame
'Sweden's Centre Party is actually in a very weak bargaining position' (opens the original)
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All three parties in the governing coalition increased their vote share while the Sweden Democrats lost ground. On the left, meanwhile, the Social Democrats had a terrible election, while all the other parties had something to celebrate. So why did the government parties do better than expected? What went wrong for the two biggest parties on the right and left? And what is Sweden's next government likely to look like? Nicholas Aylott , associate politics professor at Södertörn University, gives
Sweden's election is over. Now what? (opens the original)
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In this week’s Sweden in Focus Extra our panelists try to make sense of a dizzying election night. Sweden’s election threw up some major surprises on Sunday night. The Liberals cleared the parliamentary threshold by a respectable margin having languished way beneath the four percent limit ever since the last election. The Social Democrats are seemingly on course for their worst election ever – but leader Magdalena Andersson could still be headed for a second stint as Sweden’s prime minister. The
Billionaires weigh in as Sweden goes to the polls (opens the original)
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This week: Joy for Liberals as support swells, Sweden Democrats and Left Party hit by scandals, immigration in focus in TV debate, billionaires duel over which side to back, and poor school results throw a spanner in the works. Two of Sweden’s wealthiest people, Jacob Wallenberg and Martin Lorentzon, warned in the Financial Times this week about the risks of a left-wing government. Another, Robert Weil, shot back, saying he was more concerned about “an ethno-nationalist and authoritarian policy
LISTEN: What are the Sweden Democrats' plans for immigrants in Sweden? (opens the original)
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Today's episode of Sweden in Focus Extra features an interview with Ludvig Aspling, migration spokesperson for the Sweden Democrats. This week we are turning a spotlight on the two parties most likely to shape Sweden’s immigration policy after the September 13th election. Yesterday we heard from Ida Karkiainen , the Social Democrats’ immigration spokesperson. Today we’ll hear a conversation The Local's Richard Orange had with her counterpart from the Sweden Democrats, Ludvig Aspling. This interv
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