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Political crossroads ahead in Sweden: The signs are red-green. EPIN Commentary No. 20, 31 July 2014

Renman, Vilde (2014) Political crossroads ahead in Sweden: The signs are red-green. EPIN Commentary No. 20, 31 July 2014. [Policy Paper]

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    Abstract

    The political balance in Sweden was upset in this year’s elections to the European Parliament (EP). The far-right ‘Sweden Democrats’ almost tripled their vote-share and the Greens gained enough votes to become the second-largest Swedish party in the EP after the Social Democrats. Support for the current government incumbents, the Moderates, fell beyond expectation. The party will not recover in time for the national elections in September, whereas both the Greens and the Sweden Democrats are likely to repeat their EP election success. Since the Sweden Democrats are unlikely to form part of the coalition government – the election-winners will be the Greens and Social Democrats – Sweden’s political landscape is set to undergo a shift to the left.

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    Item Type: Policy Paper
    Subjects for non-EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
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    Series: Series > Centre for European Policy Studies (Brussels) > EPIN Commentaries
    Depositing User: Phil Wilkin
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 01 Aug 2014 11:05
    Number of Pages: 4
    Last Modified: 01 Aug 2014 11:05
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/52985

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