The political temperature is feverish in Sweden. Fresh opinion polls arrive every two weeks and are commented upon at length. Every new incident involving a politician is scrutinised in light of the upcoming elections. And adding to the excitement is that it looks very much like an open race.
But it's not the May European elections that are causing the kerfuffle.
As in a number of EU countries they tend not to be a big deal in Sweden. Last time turnout was extremely low by Swedis...
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