Swedish PM says euro vote will be tight

Undaunted by polls predicting defeat in Sunday’s euro referendum, Swedish Prime Minister Goeran Persson said the race would be tight, but stopped short of promising a victory.

“It’s going to be even,” Persson said after casting a postal vote for yes in Stockholm. “I think it’s going to be somewhere in the 53-47 (percent) interval. But which way I don’t know.”