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Category: Scandinavia

Left back in Denmark

Denmark's Social Democrat prime minister has been re-elected for a second term, although it remains to be seen whether she will succeed in building a broader coalition than last time.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Scandinavia 2 Comments 3 November 20223 November 2022

Denmark & Israel

Denmark and Israel both go to the polls for early elections, with neither looking set for a clear-cut outcome.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Middle East, Scandinavia 1 Comment 1 November 2022

Sweden gets a government

A new right-of-centre government is ready to take office in Sweden, but without the actual participation of the far right. Meanwhile, negotiations for a new government continue in Italy.

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Mink force Danish election

Covid-19 claims another victim, as the Danish government is forced to the polls over its illegal liquidation of the country's mink industry.

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Sweden wraps up

The right-of-centre opposition wins a narrow majority in Sweden, but its task of forming a government may not be straightforward.

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Another Swedish cliffhanger

A knife-edge result in Sweden sees the right better placed to form government, but it will be a couple of days before final figures are available.

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Election preview: Sweden

Sweden's voters look set to return a parliament very similar to the last one, which may or may not be enough for its centre-left government to hold on.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Scandinavia 1 Comment 9 September 2022

Another win for Ukraine

Danish voters approve an end to their exemption from EU defence activities, in a further sign of Europe's commitment to countering Russian aggression.

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Change in Germany and Sweden

Germany is on the way to a new government and Sweden briefly had a new prime minister. Both cases show the need for co-operation across a broad ideological front.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Germany, Scandinavia 3 Comments 25 November 202126 January 2022

October electoral roundup

A monthly feature: electoral news from around the world, including Iceland, Japan, Romania and Iraq.

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