The right block finally won against the left -wing coalition of the outgoing Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson. The Conservatives will have to deal with the Democrats of Sweden, nationalist formation which has become the first force on the right.
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Three days after the legislative elections, organized on Sunday September 11, the Swedes finally have a result. With 176 mandates of deputies against 173 for the center left and the Greens, the block composed of the liberal conservative right and the extreme right wins. In the early evening, Wednesday, September 14, outgoing Prime Minister, Magdalena Andersson, announced that she was resigning from her duties, but would remain at the head of the Social Democratic Party.
After defending his assessment, M Me Andersson, in post since November 2021, spoke of the breakthrough of the extreme right, arrived in second position in the legislative elections: “Many Swedes feel of the ‘worry (…). I see it and I share it, “she said, before calling conservatives, Christian democrats and liberals to” establish a clear line against all attempts to encourage threats and violence “.
In a video message published on Facebook, the conservative leader, Ulf Krissels, candidate for the post of Prime Minister, assured that he wanted to set up “a government for all of Sweden and all citizens”. Repeating the words he had made during the electoral evening, he undertook to “bring together, and not to divide, see what unites, but also to respect the differences in opinion” and he said he was convinced that “all problems can be solved”.
First obstacle on its way: obtain the majority in Parliament. However, Mr. Kristers, at the head of the Conservative Party since 2017, is in a delicate situation. Because if the right won the elections, its movement arrived in third position and only obtained 19.1 % of the votes, or 68 seats. To form a government, he will not only have to compose with Christians Democrats and Liberals, but also with the Democrats of Sweden (SD), nationalist training, created in 1988 by former fascists, who becomes the first political force Right, with 20.6 % of votes (against 17.5 % in 2018).
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Wednesday evening, the leader of the SD, Jimmie Akesson, noted that the victory of his party, like a “yellow and blue” block (yellow for the SD and blue for the traditional right), “implies a heavy responsibility for voters “. “It is time to rebuild security, the providence and cohesion. It is time to pass Sweden first,” he said, while ensuring that its movement would be “a constructive force and director in this work “.
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