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Features · Power & Consequence · Published 7 August 2026

Social Democrats reject MP’s call for higher immigration

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Updated 15:38 · 2 min read

Social Democratic election campaign signs on a street in Malmö.
Social Democratic election campaign signs on a street in Malmö.. Image: Håkan Dahlström / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0

Sweden's main centre-left parties are asking voters to imagine a change of government while leaving one of their largest policy differences unresolved. Migration is not a detail they can postpone if election arithmetic makes them partners.

In an Ekot party-leader interview, Green Party spokesperson Daniel Helldén argued for increasing the number of people

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