La populist right it is growing, but less than expected: it was aiming for 20% and stopped at 17,7% (+4,7% on 2014). THE social democrats they are confirmed as first party, but drop to 28,3% (-3%). THE moderate they assert themselves as the second force at 19,7%. And now the formation of a government will be a puzzle. These are the results of the elections in Sweden with three quarters of the votes counted. A poll reveals that 41% of Swedes have switched parties since the last election in 2014.
La outgoing centre-left coalition, with 40%, does not reach the absolute majority necessary to govern. At this point a plausible alternative is to a very government among the pro-European forcesotherwise whoever goes to government will have to dialogue with Swedish Democrats, a populist and anti-immigrant party that has been able to ride the discontent with the increase in immigration recorded in recent years, in the wake of the policy of open doors inaugurated in Germany by Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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“We will have a huge weight – he said Jimmie Akesson, leader of the Swedish Democrats – We have increased our seats in parliament and will ensure that we have a huge influence on what happens in Sweden in the coming weeks, months and years”. Akesson added that he was willing to talk to all parties and told centre-right leader Ulf Kristersson to choose whether to be with the Swedes Democrats or the Social Democrats.
There was no shortage of comments from Italy, starting with that of the Deputy Prime Minister and Northern League leader Matteo Salvini, who tweeted:
La #Sweden home of multiculturalism and model of the left, after years of wild immigration has finally decided to change. Now also there with Jimmie #Åkesson they say no to this Europe of bureaucrats and speculators, no to illegal immigrants, no to Islamic extremism.# val2018 pic.twitter.com/OR9pNpbkY4
- Matteo Salvini (@matteosalvinimi) 9 September 2018
The former premier Paolo Gentiloni (Pd) replied:
#Sweden But what if the national populist triumph, announced for days, didn't exist in the end? Do you want to see that the Swedes are more interested in defending welfare than in expelling migrants?
- Paolo Gentiloni (@PaoloGentiloni) 9 September 2018
Meanwhile, some voters and journalists were attacked at various polling stations across Sweden by a group of Swedish neo-Nazis. This was reported by the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet. Members of the "Nordic Resistance Movement", this is the name of the far-right formation, broke into the voting operations in Boden, Ludvika and Kungalv, creating panic among the people who were in the queue.
