Taking feminism intothe living room
The Feminist Initiative party is shaking things up in Swedish politics and its leader, Gudrun Schyman, says there’s no stopping her now. “In politics, questions about gender and discrimination have...
View ArticleHow Far will it swing? European extremist parties are expected to make record...
By Toby Axelrod, Valentina Jovanovski, Orlando Radice, Marcus Dysch, Nathalie Rothschild, Cecelia Rencatti Far-right and populist parties could take at least a quarter of the votes in the European...
View ArticleLöfven: “High earnerswill be taxed more”
The leader of the opposition Social Democrats, Stefan Löfven, says he sees the Greens as “natural allies” and that Sweden needs a government that is not dependent on the Sweden Democrats. When Stefan...
View ArticleSweden swings to left, far-right party surges to third place
STOCKHOLM - Sweden woke up to political instability on Monday morning. After a tight election race, the Scandinavian nation faces a shift in power, with Social Democrat party leader Stefan Lofven now...
View Article“Sweden has been anoasis of stability”
Richard Milne, Nordic and Baltic correspondent for the Financial Times, tells Radio Sweden that messy negotiations could confound international perceptions of Sweden as a stable nation. Radio Sweden...
View Article“The Swedish people havedemanded change”
Social Democrats cheered as their leader, Stefan Löfven, held his victory speech Sunday, but he will form a government based on one of the party’s worst election results ever. Stepping on to stage at...
View ArticleNazi-origin party nowthird-largest in Sweden
TRANSCRIPT: Sweden was thrown into political turmoil on Sunday when the rightwing, populist Sweden Democrats gained 12.9 per cent of the vote, becoming the country’s third largest party. Support for...
View ArticleSwedish Women vs. Vladimir Putin
Sweden says it will pursue a feminist foreign policy to counter macho Russian aggression… even if no one really knows what that means. STOCKHOLM — Everywhere one looks on the eastern fringes of Europe,...
View ArticleRifts in the Alliance as internal criticism mounts
The December Agreement has caused great upset amongst supporters of the centre-right alliance, not least amongst members of the conservative Moderate Party. “Disappointing”, “devastating”, “an...
View ArticleSweden among the “big three”EU foreign policy leaders
Sweden has ranked second on the 2015 European Foreign Policy Scorecard based mainly on achievements by the previous government, but current minister for foreign affairs Margot Wallström says her...
View ArticleÄr det rimligt att jämföra dagens Europa med 30-talets? | SR
Sveriges Radio – Godmorgon, världen! Är det rimligt att jämföra dagens Europa med 30-talets? I den offentliga debatten sägs det ofta att finns stora likheter mellan populismens uppgång i Europa idag...
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