Sweden's transitional budget ends bus subsidies, raises fuel tax, removes electricity cap

Sweden's government presents a transitional budget that lets temporary measures expire, raising bus fares and fuel taxes and removing electricity price caps. Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson frames it as fiscal necessity, but the move signals a shift toward austerity amid coalition constraints. The budget's passage is uncertain given minority government dynamics.

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