Posted on 12/27/2014 1:48:53 PM PST by Praxeologue
The acting party leader of the Sweden Democrats has hit out at Stefan Löfven and the Alliance parties for backing out of next year's planned election, and stated the nationalist party is now the main opposition as a result.
In the wake of the announcement, dubbed the 'December agreement' on Saturday morning, Mattias Karlsson has reacted with fury and plans to call for a vote of no confidence in the current Prime Minister.
"He doesn't deserve to govern Sweden," Karlsson told the TT news agency.
The December agreement was thrashed out over the Christmas period and effectively means a minority government can rule without obstruction.
Both the ruling Social Democrat/Green ticket as well as the Alliance parties pushed through the arrangement after the Sweden Democrats sank the new government's budget in December and triggered a political crisis.
Only the Left Party and the Sweden Democrats were absent from the press conference in which the announcement was made.
In a press statement the Left party leader Jonas Sjöstedt said he welcomed the announcement and pledged to co-operate with the government and influence policies going forward.
"I think it's startling that they go against the fundamental principles of democracy. What it's done is introduce a set of rules where a minority can control a majority," said Karlsson.
He added; "The Alliance has practically given up its role as the opposition. With that the Sweden Democrats are now the leading opposition party."
Karlsson, who is filling in for Jimmie Åkesson who remains on sick leave, said he intends to call for a vote of no-confidence in Stefan Löfven as a matter of urgency.
In last September's general election the Sweden Democrats earned 13 percent of the vote, with recent opinion polls suggesting they could increase that margin by several percentage points in the now abandoned 2015 snap election.
"The only party that moved forward in the opinions polls since the election is the Sweden Democrats...it was the election losers who stood there holding a press conference. All of them were losers and the Sweden Democrats were the winners," said Karlsson.
He continued; "It is clear that they are attacking us. Now there are six parties in government and one opposition party."
Karlsson said he would be speaking further with Jimmie Åkesson to frame the party's strategy in the aftermath of the canned election.
Had the election gone ahead as planned on March 22nd it would have been the first snap election in Sweden in more than half a century.
Stefan Löfven's centre left coalition of the Social Democrats and the Greens was only elected last September after Fredrik Reinfeldt's centre-right Alliance had been in charge between 2006 - 2014.
All of the major parties have consistently stated that they are not willing to enter into any political arrangements with the Sweden Democrats.
The Sweden Democrats want to reduce Muslim immigration to Sweden and restrict approvals of asylum applications.
The progressive political “establishment” is the same in Sweden as it is in America. The Swedish establishment parties unite to fight the Sweden Democrats (who are not in favor of massive Muslim immigration) just as the American ‘RAT/RINO coalition unite to oppose “Tea Party” candidates.
The result will likely be a much stronger Sweden Democrat party acting as the effective opposition: unintended consequences for the tin ear political class. These oh-so-smart establishment parties may cause the Sweden Democrats to double their vote from 13% in the last election.
I know that last election was the last time I voted for the (so called) center-right parties. After this little event it will be the Swedish Democrats next election, and so say most of my friends and colleagues as well.
It’s likely that the intelligent Swedes are living in Minnesota.
You mean the ones who voted for Franken and Ellison?
Wisconsin.
10000 Swedes....
I have met Americans of Swedish ancestry from both states and I must say they are very nice people. Apparently the relatives they left behind are also very nice. Terminally nice.
Post WWII Sweden was socialist. Running out of other people’s money changes things...
LOCH NESS SOCIALISM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvfHLr5aEqU
Dudden sound like a Swedish democrat is anything like an Amerikan dimocrat.
They are the ones with blonde hair and blue ears.
"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
true words
Sweden is doomed.
Parties that are not Uniparty insider business as usual parties will be excluded from power like the Five Star Movement in Italy was when they held the balance of power after the last elections. The “Left” and “Right” formed a unity government.
The same scenario will play out in the UK if UKIP holds the balance of power after the May 7th General Election.
Labour and the Conservatives who are supposed to be “big enemies” of each other with “big differences” according to the election season propaganda will end up forming a national unity government to prevent UKIP from having any say.
These developments in Sweden come as no surprise to me....
Parties that are not Uniparty insider business as usual parties will be excluded from power like the Five Star Movement in Italy was when they held the balance of power after the last elections. The “Left” and “Right” formed a unity government.
The same scenario will play out in the UK if UKIP holds the balance of power after the May 7th General Election.
Labour and the Conservatives who are supposed to be “big enemies” of each other with “big differences” according to the election season propaganda will end up forming a national unity government to prevent UKIP from having any say.
These developments in Sweden come as no surprise to me....
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