With a long-term political risk rating of --.- (out of ---), Sweden is rated among the most structurally stable countries in the world. Benefit- ing from an advanced level of institutional development, a long history of democratic governance and an established foreign policy based on neutrality, the country faces limited underlying risks to political stability over the long term. ...Unrest in the suburbs of Stockholm in May ---- has exposed some schisms, however. Though the riots were minor compared to those seen in other major European cities in recent years (such as London and Paris), they illustrated brewing unrest among disaffected and unemployed/underemployed young immigrants in Sweden, raising questions about integration in Swedish civil society. High political risk rating The aforementioned structural conditions in Sweden have translated into an extremely high long-term political risk rat- ing of --.- (out of ---). ...Sweden also has a high short-term political risk rating of --.- (out of ---), which is also in the top five globally. -- Business Monitor International Ltd www sweden Q- ---- sweden near the top of the table
...This is the widest spread in the opposition s favour since the ---- general election, and is a clear indication that the momentum is swinging in favour of an opposition victory in the September ---- election. ...A Greens-Social Democrats alliance would not have enough seats to form a majority, in our view. A coalition that includes the Sweden Democrats looks very unlikely, but it is not beyond the realm of possibility that one of the current junior government members with a history of at least some cooperation with the Social Democrats � the Liberals and the Centre Party � could enter into a governing coalition. That said, given their own struggles even to gain the required parliamentary threshold of votes, and the fact that splintering from the ruling alliance would end a decade of cooperation between the centre- right parties, this scenario also looks unlikely. ...But radical changes are unlikely, particularly given the difficulty that the next government is likely to have to achieve a clear parliamentary majority. - Business Monitor International Ltd www political outlook opposition Lead increasing
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