Election in Sweden: The right-wing populists are already victorious

Election in Sweden: The right-wing populists are already victorious

In less than two weeks, Sweden will elect a new parliament. It will be a close race between the bourgeois and left-wing parties. Two issues dominated the election campaign: migration and crime. One party has so far benefited enormously from this.

Sweden was long considered the stronghold of social democracy. Since the mid-1930s, the government of the local workers’ party has run like a red thread through Swedish history – with a few interruptions in the 1970s, the 1990s and 2000s.

Even today, the Social Democrats in Sweden do well in polls: they are usually in a range of around 30 percent. A good sign actually, because on September 11 the citizens of Sweden will elect a new parliament.

Source: Stern

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