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In this week's episode we have an interview with an American tech worker who has launched an initiative urging the government to reconsider its plans to tighten citizenship requirements. 

Our panelists also discuss why Swedish politicians in Brussels have fought tooth and nail to retain the right for 15-year-old Swedes to drive extremely slowly in car-like contraptions on Swedish roads.

And why are the far-right Sweden Democrats floating the idea of a future partnership with the once all-powerful Social Democrats.

For Membership+ subscribers we talk about why an official watchdog has blasted the Migration Agency and the government over citizenship queues.

Finally we look at a few of the gentlest swear words in the Swedish language if you want to express displeasure in the nicest possible way. 

Host Paul O'Mahony is joined this week by regular panelists Richard Orange and James Savage. 

Here are links to some of the topics discussed in the episode:

Swedish citizenship 

Understanding Swedes

Politics 

Migration Agency 

Learning Swedish

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