{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/77ca3392-3d6f-434f-8821-6472a6c25d8d/69ef11396e5b90839ae38303?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"'Still a mystery' how Sweden's left can end in-fighting to rule together","description":"<h2>Get Membership+ to listen to all The Local's podcasts</h2><p>Sweden in Focus Extra is a podcast for The Local's Membership+ subscribers.</p><p>Sign up to Membership+ now and get early, ad-free access to a full-length episode of the Sweden in Focus podcast every weekend, as well as Sweden in Focus Extra every Wednesday.</p><p>Please visit the link that applies to you and get a 40% discount on Membership+</p><ul><li><strong>For signed-in members: </strong><a href=\"https://www.thelocal.se/members/podcasts?tpcc=show-notes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Upgrade to Membership+</strong></a></li><li><strong>For new members:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.thelocal.se/podcasts/podcast-offer?tpcc=show-notes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Get Membership+&nbsp;</strong></a></li></ul><p>__</p><p>Sweden is heading to an election in less than five months and the left of centre parties are leading consistently in the polls.</p><p>But the question everyone's asking i:, could this disparate group of parties form a government?</p><p>Will the Centre Party or the Left Party drop some of their red lines to make this happen? And what could the alternatives be?&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Richard Orange</strong> caught up with <strong>Nicholas Aylott</strong>, Associate Professor of Political Science at Södertörn University in the south of Stockholm, to ask him what might happen.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>READ ALSO:</strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.thelocal.se/20260227/politics-in-sweden-will-there-still-be-a-left-wing-and-right-wing-block-come-september?tpcc=podcast-article\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Will there still be a left-wing and right-wing bloc come September?</strong></a></li></ul><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Local"}