Why the Far Right Is Losing Ground in Sweden
The party fell to 17.6% as voters focused on rising costs and welfare, weakening its advantage on immigration, analysts said.
- Sweden's weekend election saw the Sweden Democrats lose support for the first time in more than 15 years, defying rising nationalist trends in Britain, Germany, and Italy.
- Successive governments embraced stricter immigration policies, depriving the party of its primary political wedge; political observers at Lund University note mainstream parties largely adopted these restrictive stances.
- Campaign priorities shifted this year from immigration to rising cost of living and welfare protection, issues traditionally championed by Magdalena Andersson's Social Democrats, the country's largest party.
- With more than 90 percent of votes counted, left- and right-wing blocs remain neck and neck with a three-seat lead for the left, while voters expressed a desire to end Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson's administration.
- Party leader Jimmie Akesson conceded the loss as the group struggles to broaden appeal beyond immigration; political scientist Anders Sannerstedt and colleague Annicka Freden suggest the party is struggling to remain relevant.
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The far-right party lost three points compared to the previous elections in Sweden The post Sweden: Contrary to what is happening in the rest of Europe, the far-right lost ground appeared first on in.gr.
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For the first time since 2010, when they entered parliament, their percentage decreased, losing three points compared to the previous parliamentary elections in 2022 (from 20.5% to 17.6%).
The Sweden Democrats may be on the verge of being defeated by their own success and the Social Democrats lost the battle for centrist voters. The small parties and the Moderates are the big winners of the election, writes NSD's election editor Frida Enberg.
A historic reversal in Swedish politics, as the far-right Sweden Democrats (SD) fell to third place in Sunday’s election, ending an uninterrupted electoral rise since 1988. The result removes, at least for now, the possibility of their participation in the government and creates new data for the course of the Swedish […] The post Sweden: The far-right lost the government’s bet – The fall of the SD and the day after appeared first on iEidiseis.
While the extreme right has stopped gaining ground in Europe, its Swedish branch has recorded, for the first time in more than 15 years, a decline. The recount after Sunday's parliamentary elections was still underway Monday in this Nordic country and it is still very early to draw all the ...
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