The far-right Sweden Democrats have tried to fire up the long-dormant debate over Sweden's membership of the European Union. We spoke to Lund University professor Ian Manners about what it means and what to do about it.
The leader of the Sweden Democrats reawakened the spectre of Swexit – Sweden leaving the European Union – on Tuesday penning a debate article which called for a reevaluation of membership.
Sweden only recently got a new government after its national election. Now, a survey indicates which parties Swedes plan to vote for in the upcoming European elections.
Sweden's Left Party on Saturday voted to drop a longstanding pledge for Sweden to leave the European Union from its manifesto ahead of May's EU elections.
The leader of Sweden's Left party is pushing for it to shelve a long-standing call for Sweden to leave the European Union, in the latest example of European parties backing away in the face of the UK's Brexit turmoil.
The far-right, anti-immigration Sweden Democrats have quietly changed their tune on the EU, with party leader Jimmie Åkesson now saying the party will be "pragmatic" and try to change the union "from the inside".
Swedes are among the happiest in the EU with their country's membership of the union, according to a new Eurobarometer poll on behalf of the European Parliament.
Leaving the EU would damage Sweden’s growth, competitiveness and welfare, writes Andreas Hatzigeorgiou, chief economist at the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, in an opinion piece.
Leader of the far-right Sweden Democrats Jimmy Åkesson has reiterated his party’s support for a “Swexit” referendum on Sweden’s EU membership, in an interview on state broadcaster Sveriges Radio.
Swedes are significantly more positive about the EU than the average citizen of the union, with the Swedish belief that the EU is good for their country almost ten percent higher than agreement with that sentiment across the union in general, according to a new study.
Brexit may be a reality after last Thursday’s referendum in Great Britain, but the majority of Swedes would still vote to stay in the European Union if a similar poll took place in the Scandinavian country, a new survey shows.
Sweden’s centre-right opposition Alliance parties have lamented the results of the UK referendum on EU membership but said that Sweden’s future is within the community, nipping in the bud any talk of a similar Swedish referendum
Sweden’s prime minister, Stefan Löfven, said on Friday, that it had been “totally irresponsible” for the Left Party to bring up the question of a Swedish EU renegotiation at a time when the EU was in such need of stability, after the UK had voted to leave the community.
The former Swedish EU minister, Birgitta Ohlsson, declared that it was 'a morning of sorrow' after British voters opted to leave the European Union on Thursday.
An overwhelming majority of Swedes support the country remaining in the European Union, according to a new poll, undermining claims that a ‘Swexit’ could follow closely on the heels of a British vote to leave.
Denmark and Sweden have been revealed as the countries most likely to vote the same way as the UK when it comes to EU issues, with the authors of an independent investigation arguing that Brexit could have a knock-on effect on the Scandinavian nations.
