Vladyslav Butenko
Vladyslav Butenko argues that the results of the 2026 Swedish general election – a narrow-margin win for the 'red-green' bloc – signals not so much a retreat of the far right as how completely its policy agenda has already won. The real challenge for the centre-left now is to turn its razor-thin majority into a new political course Read more
Vera Tika
Sweden's election defeated the Tidö bloc and blocked the Sweden Democrats' route into government. Yet the restrictive political settlement they helped construct may endure. Vera Tika argues that far-right normalisation is not automatically reversed by electoral defeat: once institutionalised, illiberal change can acquire a political life of its own Read more
The Loop
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