https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed In our weekly Sweden Elects newsletter, The Local's editor Emma Löfgren explains the key events to keep an eye on in Swedish politics this week. https://www.thelocal.se/20221114/sweden-elects-new-finance-minister-under-fire-after-first-long-interview Mon, 14 Nov 2022 09:37:21 +0100 sweden-elects-new-finance-minister-under-fire-after-first-long-interview The Local's editor Emma Löfgren explains the key events to keep an eye on in Swedish politics this week. https://www.thelocal.se/20221107/sweden-elects-why-tomorrow-is-a-big-day-in-swedish-politics Mon, 07 Nov 2022 10:49:16 +0100 sweden-elects-why-tomorrow-is-a-big-day-in-swedish-politics The Local's editor Emma Löfgren explains the key events to keep an eye on in Swedish politics this week. https://www.thelocal.se/20221031/sweden-elects-budget-reforms-a-paradigm-shift-and-26-seconds-of-silence Mon, 31 Oct 2022 09:17:09 +0100 sweden-elects-budget-reforms-a-paradigm-shift-and-26-seconds-of-silence The Local's editor Emma Löfgren explains the key events to keep an eye on in Swedish politics this week. https://www.thelocal.se/20221024/sweden-elects-liberals-face-questions-over-sweden-democrat-links Mon, 24 Oct 2022 09:13:35 +0200 sweden-elects-liberals-face-questions-over-sweden-democrat-links Sweden turned hostile to immigrants and asylum seekers several years ago, but continued to pretend that it was a welcoming nation. Now official politics has caught up with reality, argues David Crouch https://www.thelocal.se/20221017/opinion-get-organised-or-swedens-open-society-will-bec-a-distant-memory Mon, 17 Oct 2022 17:33:13 +0200 opinion-get-organised-or-swedens-open-society-will-bec-a-distant-memory Sweden's parliament has voted in the Moderate Party leader Ulf Kristersson as Prime Minister, meaning that for the first time, a government is taking power with the formal support of the far right. https://www.thelocal.se/20221017/sweden-votes-in-first-far-right-backed-government-in-its-history Mon, 17 Oct 2022 14:07:18 +0200 sweden-votes-in-first-far-right-backed-government-in-its-history The Local's editor Emma Löfgren explains the key events to keep an eye on in Swedish politics this week. https://www.thelocal.se/20221017/sweden-elects-reactions-as-parliament-set-to-vote-on-right-wing-government Mon, 17 Oct 2022 09:34:04 +0200 sweden-elects-reactions-as-parliament-set-to-vote-on-right-wing-government Moderate leader Ulf Kristersson has struck a comprehensive four-party deal which opens the way for the most anti-immigration government in Sweden's recent history. Here's a blog of the day's news as it came out. https://www.thelocal.se/20221012/this-week-in-swedish-politics-no-deal-done-by-wednesday-deadline Wed, 12 Oct 2022 12:47:59 +0200 this-week-in-swedish-politics-no-deal-done-by-wednesday-deadline The Local's editor Emma Löfgren explains the key events to keep an eye on in Swedish politics this week. https://www.thelocal.se/20221010/sweden-elects-what-happens-if-the-right-wing-fails-to-form-a-government Mon, 10 Oct 2022 09:23:43 +0200 sweden-elects-what-happens-if-the-right-wing-fails-to-form-a-government Moderate leader Ulf Kristersson is due to submit his report to the Speaker on coalition talks at 11am on Wednesday and it looks like the parties are still divided. Will he need an extension and is a deal possible? https://www.thelocal.se/20221011/will-swedens-right-bloc-meet-the-deadline-to-strike-a-government-deal Tue, 11 Oct 2022 17:30:47 +0200 will-swedens-right-bloc-meet-the-deadline-to-strike-a-government-deal The Local's editor Emma Löfgren explains how Sweden's parliamentary committees work – and the role the Sweden Democrats will play in them. https://www.thelocal.se/20221003/sweden-elects-how-powerful-are-the-sweden-democrats-now Mon, 03 Oct 2022 10:39:40 +0200 sweden-elects-how-powerful-are-the-sweden-democrats-now Sweden Democrat rule in the country town of Hörby has been so turbulent it's a little like Trump's America in miniature. And yet in this month's election, the party grew its share of the vote by four percentage points anyway. What does its success say about the far-right party nationally? https://www.thelocal.se/20220926/how-the-sweden-democrats-grew-even-in-their-most-turbulent-stronghold Mon, 26 Sep 2022 23:03:21 +0200 how-the-sweden-democrats-grew-even-in-their-most-turbulent-stronghold The four parties backing Moderate leader Ulf Kristersson as prime minister on Sunday announced that they had agreed to keep the current Speaker, Andreas Norlén in place, when the role is put to a vote as parliament opens on Monday. https://www.thelocal.se/20220926/swedens-right-wing-parties-agree-to-bring-back-norlen-as-speaker Mon, 26 Sep 2022 11:22:38 +0200 swedens-right-wing-parties-agree-to-bring-back-norlen-as-speaker The Local's editor Emma Löfgren explains the key events to keep an eye on in Swedish politics this week. https://www.thelocal.se/20220926/sweden-elects-what-happens-next-as-parliament-reopens Mon, 26 Sep 2022 09:18:08 +0200 sweden-elects-what-happens-next-as-parliament-reopens Sweden's Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has resigned. Her expected successor, Moderate leader Ulf Kristersson, has not yet been approved in parliament. So, who's running the country? https://www.thelocal.se/20220915/so-who-is-currently-prime-minister-of-sweden Thu, 15 Sep 2022 16:18:06 +0200 so-who-is-currently-prime-minister-of-sweden Sweden's parliamentary speaker is second only to the King in terms of formal rank. The prospect of a Sweden Democrat speaker taking over the role from popular Moderate Andreas Norlén has sparked debate. Here's why. https://www.thelocal.se/20220923/explained-why-is-swedens-parliamentary-speaker-election-so-important Fri, 23 Sep 2022 16:26:48 +0200 explained-why-is-swedens-parliamentary-speaker-election-so-important Sweden's Social Democrats have said they would back a Moderate party candidate as the Speaker of the Riksdag parliament, in a move that seems calculated to complicate the right bloc's government negotiations. https://www.thelocal.se/20220923/swedens-social-democrats-float-idea-of-voting-in-a-moderate-speaker Fri, 23 Sep 2022 11:09:15 +0200 swedens-social-democrats-float-idea-of-voting-in-a-moderate-speaker The four parties backing Moderate Party leader Ulf Kristersson to become Sweden's next Prime Minister have already agreed on stricter migration and crime policies, a source has told the Aftonbladet newspaper. https://www.thelocal.se/20220921/swedens-election-winning-parties-agreed-on-stricter-migration-policy Wed, 21 Sep 2022 19:46:48 +0200 swedens-election-winning-parties-agreed-on-stricter-migration-policy Sweden's new immigrant party, Nyans, has won a council seat in the port city of Landskrona, the first elected position it has won since it was founded in 2019. https://www.thelocal.se/20220921/swedens-new-immigrant-party-gets-first-elected-position Wed, 21 Sep 2022 11:58:56 +0200 swedens-new-immigrant-party-gets-first-elected-position The anti-immigration Sweden Democrats have a raft of plans when it comes to reforming Sweden's immigration policy, but which policies are the other right-wing parties in their bloc likely to agree on? https://www.thelocal.se/20220920/how-united-is-swedens-next-government-on-citizenship-and-residence-permits Tue, 20 Sep 2022 18:05:20 +0200 how-united-is-swedens-next-government-on-citizenship-and-residence-permits