The insider’s guide to … Swedish politics
July 20th, 2007 by lana
CNN) — So, there’s been an election in Sweden?
There has indeed. The Scandinavian country — an EU member and proud possessor of one of the world’s most advanced welfare systems — went to the polls on Sunday. While numerous parties contested the election, the key battle was between the incumbent center-left Social Democrat party, headed by Goran Persson — who has been Prime Minister since March 1996 — and a center-right coalition, the Alliance for Sweden, headed by Frederick Reinfeldt, leader of the Moderate Party.
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