But while the prospect of bringing a significant country closer to the European fold might excite some in Brussels supporters of Mrs Tymoshenko have stressed that Brussels should refrain from softening its approach to Kiev.

This tax-and-spend manifesto didn't go down well with the Swedish electorate, a majority of whom decided to either stick with the coalition of centre-right parties led by Prime Minister Frederik Reinfeldt or switch their allegiance from the Social Democrats to the far-right Swedish Democrats who campaigned on an anti-immigration platform. The Swedish Democrats won 5.7% of the vote and, as a result, now hold the balance of power in Sweden's hung Parliament.

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