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Elections in Sweden: the favourite social democrats in a country marked by far-right discourse

Sweden votes Sunday, September 13, to renew its Parliament in legislative elections with a very uncertain outcome: the left is leading in the polls, but the gap with the right has narrowed sharply. Beyond the result, this election could above all confirm a profound transformation of the Swedish political landscape: the hardening of immigration, the rise of the far right and the end of the cordon sanitaire that once isolated it.So, what remains today of the famous "Swedish model", long presented as an example throughout Europe?

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