Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Centre-right victory in Sweden's elections

As anyone following the news already knows, the centre-right coalition achieved a victory in Sweden's parliamentary elections ousting the leftist Social Democrats, led by prime minister Goran Persson, who have been in power for over a decade. Fredrik Reinfeldt, the chairman of the Moderate Coalition Party, started negotiations to form a new government in which he will serve as the new prime minister. This is obviously good news for everyone not too affectionate with the social democrats, such as myself, although it is widely expected that there won't be too much of a change in most aspects of Sweden's policies.

Helsingin Sanomat: Finns lukewarm on idea of centre-right cooperation on the Swedish model
Helsingin Sanomat: Finnish political leaders react to result of Swedish election

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