Will Sweden backtrack on worker deportations as media pressure mounts?

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In this week's episode we talk about what a difference it makes when the Swedish media start reporting on immigration policies that force foreign workers to leave Sweden.

We also get into how Sweden has been reacting first to tariff threats and then their withdrawal by US President Donald Trump.

For Membership+ subscribers we look at what readers of The Local are telling us about how their food habits have changed since moving to Sweden.

Finally we discuss why women in Sweden tend to vote left while men lean more to the right.

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

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

Immigration

• Is Swedish media opinion on migration crackdown finally shifting?
• Swedish Liberal party calls for new agency to handle work permits
• Which new laws affecting foreigners in Sweden will be published this spring?

Sweden and the US

• How Trump-proof is Sweden's economy?
• Swedish stock market expected to rise after Trump drops tariff threat

Food and drink

• Fika, meatballs and Kalles kaviar: Which Swedish foods habits have you adopted?

Politics in Sweden

• Why do men in Sweden vote for the right and women for the left?

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