A growing majority of voters for Sweden’s four-party centre-right Alliance support working with the anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats to drive through policy in the parliament, according to a new poll.
The Friends International Centre Against Bullying opened in Stockholm on Wednesday, with the head of the organization adding that there will be an added focus on cyberbullying following several high-profile cases in Sweden recently.
More than seven out of ten Swedes have high or very high confidence in Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, according to a survey by Aftonbladet/Sifo published on Tuesday.
Although leading Green Party officials have indicated they would cooperate with the centre-right Alliance should the Sweden Democrats hold the balance of power following the election, Green spokesman Peter Eriksson has flatly rejected the possibility.
The Centre Party is becoming far too 'new Liberal', warned the Liberals' own party secretary Erik Ullenhag in a recent, highly critical, opinion article. Now he has withdrawn his comments.
The Centre Party was out in force in Stockholm on Sunday, aiming to garner last minute voters to the cause, with leader Maud Olofsson trying to sing and dance her way to victory.
Ask many an urban Swede for a quick run-down of the Swedish political groupings and you’ll often hear the Centre Party referred to as the “farmers’ party”.
The Centre Party has said that it will drop its deal to support the Social Democrats on the nuclear power issue, choosing instead to reach an agreement with its partners in the centre-right Alliance.
The Centre Party has positioned itself within the conservative alliance as the young, green option with a special package designed to boost youth employment and more investment in environmental jobs.
The Centre Party's office in central Gothenburg was damaged last night by paint bombs thrown at the facade, doors and signs. The attack appears to have been part of an ongoing campaign against the party, which has suggested radical reforms to employment laws in a bid to cut youth unemployment.
The leader of the Centre Party, Maud Olofsson, has said that she will block the new law on bugging if it is not changed before it is presented to parliament.
A row has broken out in Sweden’s normally united centre-right Alliance after the Centre Party, a key member of the bloc, made a deal with the Social Democrats over energy policy.
Sweden's Centre Party has said it wants to introduce a special labour contract for new employees under the age of 26. According to the proposal, it should be easier to fire them.
Sweden's opposition parties have agreed to hold fire on a vote of no confidence against Prime Minister Göran Persson until the completion of a Constitutional Committee inquiry in the spring.
