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Centre-left back in Sweden

Sweden's centre-left prime minister returns to office following a narrow escape, but his coalition has been badly weakened in advance of next year's election.

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Charles Richardson Europe, Party matters, Scandinavia 2 Comments 12 July 202126 January 2022

On a knife-edge in Sweden

Every vote will count in the Swedish parliament, after the centre-left government fell last week on a vote of confidence.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Political issues, Scandinavia 1 Comment 2 July 202126 January 2022

April results roundup

This month our regular electoral roundup brings news from Greenland, Samoa, Georgia and Western Australia.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Middle East, North America (ex-US), Oceania, Political issues, Scandinavia 2 Comments 22 April 202126 January 2022

Results from all over

A wrap-up of election results from Malawi, Mongolia, Iceland, Poland and France.

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Charles Richardson Africa, East Asia, Elections, Europe, France, Scandinavia 3 Comments 29 June 202026 January 2022

Four presidents at risk: an EOFY election roundup

Our semi-regular election roundup, with news from Malawi, Iceland, Poland and France.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections, Electoral law, Europe, France, Scandinavia 4 Comments 26 June 20209 August 2022

A centre-left revival? Part II: Denmark

Denmark gets a centre-left government after the right was defeated in this month's election, but the Social Democrats' performance was less than stellar.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Scandinavia 3 Comments 27 June 201926 January 2022

A centre-left revival? Part I: Finland

The arrival of a Social Democrat-led government in Finland is an occasion to look more generally at the decline and possible revival of the centre-left.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Party matters, Scandinavia 4 Comments 26 June 201926 January 2022

Centre-left wins one at last

Finland's new parliament is a very mixed bag. Expect a long period of negotiations before a government is formed.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Scandinavia 1 Comment 15 April 201926 January 2022

Election preview: Finland

Finland's government will not survive tomorrow's election in its current form, but drastic change seems unlikely.

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The liberal dilemma: Spain and Sweden

Sweden finally gets a government, as does the Spanish region of Andalusia. In each case, liberal parties had to decide which variety of extremist was less dangerous to countenance.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Party matters, Political issues, Scandinavia, Spain 7 Comments 23 January 201915 June 2022

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