'Sweden's Centre Party is actually in a very weak bargaining position'

<p>All three parties in the governing coalition increased their vote share while the Sweden Democrats lost ground.</p><p>On the left, meanwhile, the Social Democrats had a terrible election, while all the other parties had something to celebrate.</p><p>So why did the government parties do better than expected? What went wrong for the two biggest parties on the right and left?</p><p>And what is Sweden's next government likely to look like?&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Nicholas Aylott</strong>, associate politics professor at Södertörn University, gives his views in a conversation with The Local's <strong>Richard Orange</strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><strong>READ ALSO:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.thelocal.se/20260914/centre-party-ready-to-start-talks-with-social-democrats-on-new-swedish-government?tpcc=podcast-article" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Centre Party 'ready to start talks' with Social Democrats on new Swedish government</strong></a></li></ul> <p>Become a member at <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="https://www.thelocal.se/podcasts/podcast-offer?tpcc=padlock">https://www.thelocal.se/podcasts/podcast-offer?tpcc=padlock</a>.</p>

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