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Luca Bertuzzi

EU budget: Sweden, part of the 'frugal' camp, is about to turn even more hawkish

The leader of Sweden's Social Democratic Party, Magdalena Andersson, is set to become the country's next prime minister. But her centre-left credentials won't make her any less of a "frugal" hardliner in the upcoming EU budget negotiations.

The Swedish Social Democratic Party (S) is on course to win the 13 September election, currently polling at 32%, well ahead of the national-conservative Sweden Democrats on 20% and the centre-right Moderate Party of current Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on 17%, according to the latest data.

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