This country, "earthquake" in politics

In recent years, with the prominent issues such as immigrants, Europe's far -right forces have risen. Now another European country, Sweden, known for its freedom, seems to be "changing".

According to the Swedish National Television (SVT) reported on September 12, the Swedish Election Commission announced the preliminary results of parliamentary elections. More than 94%of the votes showed that the right -wing camp led the left -wing camp with a faint advantage of about 1 percentage point, occupying an advantage in the election. status. This means that Sweden may usher in a new right -wing government.

However, the Swedish Election Commission stated that mailing votes and overseas Swedish citizen votes have not yet arrived at the voting station, which will be counted on this part of the votes on the 14th. Because the gap between the two camps is not large, the results of the election may still change at the last moment. The final result is expected to be announced as early as the 14th.

It is reported that according to the current preliminary statistical results, the right -wing alliance composed of the Swedish Democratic Party, the Christian Democratic Party, the gentle party and the Liberal Party won 49.8%of the votes, winning 176 of the 349 seats of the parliament; The Green Party's left -wing camp received 48.8%of the votes and won 173 parliamentary seats.

British Reuters pointed out that Swedish politics also showed further "right turn". Although the Social Democratic Party where the current Prime Minister Andesson is located to maintain the largest party status of the parliament with 30.5%of the votes, the extreme right -wing Democratic Party of the anti -immigrant Swedish Democratic Party has gained in this election. At present, the 20.7%voting rate exceeds the gentle party. The second largest party is expected to directly affect the Swedish government's policies for the first time.

Screenshot of Sweden National Television Reporting

The amazing performance of the Swedish Democratic Party is regarded as a "earthquake" in the country's political circles. The British Guardian said that this seems to mean a major change in Sweden's "liberal tradition".

It is reported that the Swedish Democratic Party was a political party formed in the new Swedish Nazi event in the mid -1990s, known as white supremacy and anti -immigrant thoughts. The background of extremeism has made the party widely criticized and has been excluded for a long time in the Swedish political circles.

But in 2018, the gentle party that lost the election began to contact the Swedish Democratic Party, and the latter's cross -party connection with the gentle party leader Ulf Kristerson gradually deepened, and the Swedish Democratic Party became the mainstream right -wing of Sweden. A member of the political group.

In recent years of parliamentary elections, the Swedish Democratic Party's support rate has risen, and it has received more than 20%of the votes in this year's election. It is reported that although the other three parties in the right camp do not want to let the Swedish Democratic Party join the government, the party has become the largest right party in the election and has a pivotal position in the right -wing camp.

Data Map: Jimmie åkesson, the leader of the Swedish Democratic Party, from IC Photo

Erik Zsiga, a former political adviser to gentle party, analyzed that although there are ideological differences between the two sides, the Christian Democratic Party and the Liberal Party are small. Most of the parliamentary seats. "The Swedish Democratic Party is very large. The gentle party has no choice. It must be established in some way."

The Guardian pointed out that in the past few decades, Sweden has become one of the "most diverse culture" countries in Europe. More than one -third of the population was born abroad or parents is immigrants. About 30%of children's mother tongue is not Sweden. language. However, the results of this election show that the Swedish people's uneasiness of immigrants is spreading, and the attention of immigration and crime issues even exceeds even the energy crisis and insufficient medical resources.

It is reported that this kind of uneasiness is closely related to the increasing gang crime in Sweden. In the first six months of this year, the number of fatal shootings in Sweden has reached 34, which is significantly higher than 20 in the same period last year. In this context, the two sides of Sweden have increased violent crimes with large -scale immigrants, thereby winning more support for anti -immigrant Swedish Democratic Party.

On September 11, local time, the Swedish people voted for the parliament election in a voting station in Stockholm.

However, although the Swedish Democratic Party occupies a strong position, it is still unlikely to dominate the right -wing camp. Reuters said that the gentle party leader Christeson is more likely to become the prime minister's candidate for the right -wing camp. He shaped himself as "the only person who could unite the right wing and bombarded Anderson." However, the report also pointed out that no matter which side wins, how to form a new government in a political environment with polarization and contradictions will be a problem.

Data Map: Swedish gentle party leader Urff Christer pine map from IC Photo

As some of the votes such as mailing votes and overseas votes have not yet completed the statistics, the weak gap between the two major camps in Sweden may still be reversed at the final juncture. Therefore, the leaders of both parties have not announced victory or failure. According to the Swedish National Television, Prime Minister Anderson said in his speech on the evening of the 11th that the results of the election have not been determined and must wait for each ballot to get calculated to get the final result.

The right -wing gentle party leader Christeson also called on supporters to wait patiently and respect political disagreement.Kristeson claimed that the gentle party was capable of "leading the change in Sweden", and he was ready to establish a "new, effective and stable government" for Sweden.Oakson, the leader of the Swedish Democratic Party, who won the momentum in this election, showed the party's "political ambition". In his speech on the evening of the 11th local time, the Swedish Democratic Party hoped to serve among the government. "If power changes, the power changesWe will be in the center. Our goal is to enter the Swedish government. "

Source: Observer Network Comprehensive

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