Ulf Kristersson: Swedish parliament elects new PM backed by far right

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: BBC

PM Ulf Kristersson's Moderates will form a centre-right coalition with the Christian Democrats and the Liberals.

But it will govern with support from the Sweden Democrats (SD), who won a fifth of votes in recent polls.

Tougher immigration policies and greater police powers are part of a policy deal with the SD.
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The SD was founded by Nazi sympathisers and had been shunned by the mainstream for decades.



Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63289903

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There is also a far-right-headed coalition trying to form a government in Italy, but it hasn't got there yet:

Italian prime minister in-waiting, Giorgia Meloni, is in a power struggle within her right-wing alliance that threatens to derail her attempts to form a new government.

Trouble flared on Thursday over the appointment of Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party colleague, Ignazio La Russa — a collector of fascist memorabilia — as the new speaker of the Italian Senate.

While a majority of lawmakers voted to endorse La Russa, there was one group which notably refused: Silvio Berlusconi’s center-right Forza Italia party. They are meant to be on Meloni’s side.
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One reported bone of contention between Meloni and Berlusconi is his call for a serious Cabinet position for his protégée, Forza Italia Senator and former nurse Licia Ronzulli.

https://www.politico.eu/article/giorgia-meloni-silvio-berlusconi-matteo-salvini-revolt-italys-new-right-wing-coalition-hits-trouble-ignazio-la-russa-brothers-election/

[ananda]

1. Friendly immigration policies backfired against the left.

This has happened all across Europe.

Shame.

[peppertree]

2. And in other places with eroding white majorities, such as Argentina (and let's face it, the U.S.)

A hard-right candidate - Trump's old pal Macri - was narrowly elected in 2015 after dog-whistling for years against (recent) immigrants, which in Argentina mainly means dark-skinned people from the neighboring countries.

He was defeated for re-election in 2019 - the first Argentine president to do so - but only after wrecking the economy in a Bush-style debt bubble.

Macri's now trying to get back in next year - and may still do so, given how intense the racist sentiment is with right-wing voters down there.

While the economy has been growing again, 100% inflation (much of it, 'greedflation') is only adding to his chances.

And if not Macri, someone even further to the right - well within openly fascist terrain.

[Polybius]

7. We need to give up on the issue of immigration in Europe

Let's face it, we've lost. There are many other issues that we can win on in Europe.

[IronLionZion]

3. Many whites are afraid of becoming minorities.

Why? Are minorities treated badly?

That's why Trump was elected in the US. Let's face it, even some DUers think an H1B has been posting on DU for 20 years without being deported. (I'm a US citizen you dingbats)

[Backseat Driver]

4. Do RW Italian attempts in Italy have anything to do with the current Ethiopian strategies

to quell Tigray area unrest by obstructing food and medical supply deliveries? Just curious...

[speak easy]

5. No.

[DFW]

6. Last time I was in Sweden, I wondered if it would come to this.

In Stockholm, near the central train station, I saw no one who looked even remotely Swedish (it looked more like Bucharest), and in Malmö, I saw neo-Nazi style skinheads everywhere. I thought to myself, this is not heading in a good direction. Sweden looked like it was headed for a polarization like Belgium. I remembered the Sweden of the 1970s that I used to visit so often. Mostly Swedes embracing the multi-cultural society they were slowly becoming. That Sweden had disappeared from view, at least superficially. Maybe out in Eskilstuna or Örebro or some such place, but not in the big cities (I haven’t been to Göteborg in decades).