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Jimmie Akesson – his Sweden Democrats have suffered an electoral setback The Sweden Democrats’ long march towards power has suffered an unexpected setback. In Sunday’s Swedish election, the far-right party lost ground for the first time since entering parliament, falling from 20.5 per cent in 2022 to 17.6 per cent and slipping from second to third place.
Sweden’s new government formation should be approved by parliament in Stockholm on Monday, bringing the Moderates, led by likely Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, into a formal three-party coalition deal with the Christian Democrats and Liberals. But it’s the far-right Sweden Democrats, the biggest of the four parties in terms of MPs, who will be a not-so-silent partner outside the government technically but holding the reigns of power in practice.
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