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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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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Italy, Scandinavia 7 Comments 17 October 202217 October 2022

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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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Political issues, Scandinavia 3 Comments 7 October 20227 October 2022

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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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Scandinavia 3 Comments 15 September 202215 September 2022

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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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Scandinavia 2 Comments 12 September 202213 September 2022

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 5 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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Charles Richardson East Asia, Elections, Europe, Middle East, Party matters, Scandinavia 9 Comments 15 October 202126 January 2022

Election preview: Iceland

Iceland's election on Saturday is a confused affair, with up to nine parties likely to win seats, but it also foreshadows some of the themes of the German election the following day.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Scandinavia 1 Comment 23 September 202126 January 2022

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