A 'fika' doesn't settle Sweden's right-wing bloc rift, two weeks before the election

Sweden Democrat leader Jimmie Åkesson publicly challenged Christian Democrat leader Ebba Busch over whether she would ever back a Social Democrat government, before the two met for an unscheduled 'fika' in Sölvesborg on Sunday. Busch declared they were 'agreed on four more years after a blue-yellow victory', but Åkesson said on Monday the underlying question was still unresolved, with the September 13 election two weeks away.

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