Sweden · Saturday, 15 August 2026
The Centre leader attacks the jobs policy of the bloc she means to govern with
Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist says more jobs and higher growth are priority election pledges for the Centre Party, while the parties it intends to govern with are running a policy that on her account produces fewer jobs. The Social Democrats are perhaps not the most growth-friendly party, she said of Magdalena Andersson's party. The split is worth noting a month before the vote, because the opposition bloc leads in the polls and still has no agreed shape for a government.
More on this: The Swedish general election of 13 September 2026