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The author wrote that the postponed Palestinian elections could provide Hamas with a strategic breathing space to re-establish itself as a political power and secure influence over Gaza's future, despite the movement having agreed to renounce formal control over the area. #Palestinavalen #Hamas #Gaza #PS #IL #GA (translated)

Christer Sfeir wrote about his visit to Pézenas in southern France and described the Hôtel de Flottes de Sébasan, a stone house from the 16th century. According to local tradition, Anna of Austria, the queen of France and mother of Louis XIV, had stayed there during a visit, he wrote. Sfeir recounted that Anna was a Spanish princess who married Louis XIII in 1615 when she was 14 years old. After 23 years without children, she gave birth to her son Louis in 1638. When the king died five years later, the then four-year-old son became king and Anna regent. Sfeir wrote that the royal family was forced to flee Paris during the Fronde and that the rebellion later contributed to Louis XIV's decision to centralize power around himself. He also mentioned Molière's stay in Pézenas during the 1650s with his theater company, which received patronage from the Prince of Conti. Sfeir wrote that Molière encountered people and environments there that later became subjects of his satire. According to Sfeir, Louis XIV visited the city in 1660 and took over the reins of power the following year. He concluded by stating that the house still stood, despite the monarchy and its power struggles being part of history. #Pézenas #historia #Molière (translated)

Ida Gabrielsson argued that the government formation should be based on the fact that S, V, MP, and C had campaigned for a change of power and had Magdalena Andersson as a common candidate for prime minister. She wrote that C could not count in parties that did not support Andersson and at the same time demand influence based on their mandates. According to Gabrielsson, voters had given C 7 percent and V 8.4 percent, and V would not accept C pursuing right-wing policies with the support of V's mandate. Gabrielsson stated that C could seek support from Ulf Kristersson or try to get KD and L to switch sides. If that did not happen, C needed to negotiate with S, V, and MP to get a majority behind Andersson, according to her. She wrote that V was willing to compromise, but that the parties supporting a prime minister candidate must also be able to accept each other as a government basis. She criticized C’s growth proposals, including continued privatization of the Employment Service and permanent tax subsidies to cleaning companies and large restaurant chains. Gabrielsson claimed that the Economic Institute, the Fiscal Policy Council, and others had assessed the proposals as ineffective, expensive, and ineffective in creating jobs. She also wrote that the proposals would be financed through cuts to unemployment benefits and sick pay as well as cuts in welfare. Gabrielsson asserted that the most voters preferred a red-green government, followed by the Tidö alternative, while C's centrist alternative lagged far behind. She wrote that more people had voted for S, V, and MP than for the previous Alliance if SD was excluded. Finally, she urged C to first clarify its political direction and implied that the party needed to choose a side if it could not find a centrist solution. #Regering #Sverige #Politik (translated)

AI, power, and wages will be in focus at a labor market conference in Stockholm on November 12, where Harvard professor Richard B. Freeman and Danish professor Jakob Roland Munch will discuss how AI can change the balance of power between employers and trade unions. #AI #arbetsmarknad #löner (translated)

Carl Eos agreed with Jimmie Åkesson's reasoning in Expressen about the Sweden Democrats' role in cooperation with the center-right parties. Åkesson had written that the Sweden Democrats (SD) had been driving many reforms, but that the parties holding ministerial positions had received visibility when the reforms were implemented. He also pointed out that the cooperation had limited SD and asked why voters would choose the party over the Moderates if the center-right was perceived as good enough even on issues where SD had taken the lead. Eos wrote that the center-right parties had been able to showcase successes within SD's strong policy areas, while SD had not made corresponding advances in other areas. He argued that the parliamentary election in 2026 would largely be about issues where SD was weaker and, to a large extent, not about policy issues. Eos also noted that both Ulf Kristersson and Jimmie Åkesson had said that the time after Tidö had begun, and wrote that this would likely create discussion. https://t.co/JWjMHlH2Ri #Sverigedemokraterna #politiskdebatt #val2026 (translated)

Stefan Stern wrote that the point according to him was that the Left Party was still extremist. He also argued that it would be more dramatic for the Social Democrats to include the Left Party in the government than for the Moderates to allow the Sweden Democrats in. According to Stern, the Sweden Democrats, through their white paper, had conducted a more thorough examination of their shameful past than the Left Party had managed to do. https://t.co/WwxbYlNQP8 #politik #Sverige #regering (translated)

Anna1849 wrote that Oscar Sjöstedt had sat on the finance committee for twelve years and was now the chairman of the constitutional committee. According to her, he was the first Sweden Democrat to hold the chairman's gavel in the committee. Sjöstedt said that the committee's most important task was to scrutinize the government and the power, and that he would lead that work. He also said that he looked forward to it. #politik #Sverigedemokraterna #svenskpolitik (translated)

Ledarsidorna.se described the Sweden Democrats' decision to move Tobias Andersson from the business committee to a less prominent role in the education committee as today's strangest. The writer stated that Andersson had saved many tax billions from Vargas and had become highly regarded in Swedish business during a single term. Ledarsidorna.se also wrote that the Sweden Democrats seemed to be developing in the same direction as the Social Democrats, where networks, power, and prestige took precedence over results and competence, and argued that the party's future prospects therefore looked unfavourable. #svpol #svpol #politik #Sverigedemokraterna (translated)

Josefin Utas wrote that Håkan Boström had criticized what she described as bullying in the media. According to her, it paid off to be mean in the media industry, while individuals expressing political opinions not supported by the establishment were thrown out. She argued that it was about power rather than morality and called the analysis in GP Ledare excellent. https://t.co/LjUxXNwTS9 #media #politik #opinionsfrihet (translated)

Leopold claimed that EKOT and SVT continued to spread disinformation. He wrote that public service should investigate power and the election instead of, in his opinion, manipulating citizens. He also mentioned accounts in a migration-critical environment with millions of followers. https://t.co/XgSCoeAy6C #Migrationspolitik #Desinformation #PublicService (translated)

The author wrote that ethnic mobilization today raised suspicions, but that investigations, propositions, and democracy projects, according to them, revealed a more troubling history. They argued that the most striking aspect was not that groups organized themselves, but what those in power did. https://t.co/fFGpSUpV7O #etik #demokrati #mobilisering #SE (translated)

Daniel Schatz wrote that it had only taken a few weeks for the Centre Party to open up to the Left Party. He claimed that C thereby granted power and political legitimacy to a party characterized by romanticism of terror, anti-Semitism, extremism, and support for dictatorships. Schatz described the Centre Party's talk of maintaining distance from extremism as a bluff and wrote that the party's red lines had been abandoned when power beckoned. He accused C of sacrificing its principles and voters for a seat at the negotiating table and predicted that history would judge the party harshly. #politik #Sverige #demokrati (translated)