This week: First month post-election ends with no government, breakthrough on ending teen deportations, a plan to help citizenship applicants hit retroactively by the new law, and a reminder of some of the best things about living in Sweden.
More than a month has passed since Sweden’s election, and we still don’t have a government. As we were recording this week's episode, the Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson lost a vote in parliament on installing her as prime minister. So what happens now?
Host James Savage is joined this week by panelists Mandy Pipher and Emma Löfgren.
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Here are links to some of the topics discussed in the episode:
Politics
- Does losing parliament vote mean Andersson can't be Sweden's next PM?
- Moderates hit five-year high in Swedish post-election poll as Liberals slip
Immigration
- How Sweden's 'new majority' can already move on deportations and citizenship
- All Swedish parties back emergency freeze on teen deportations
- Swedish MP seeks to apply old rules to all pre-June 6th citizenship applicants
Living in Sweden
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