Two-faced result in Sweden. In the elections that took place yesterday he won the social democratic party, returning to establish itself after eight years on his conservative rivals, but without being able to achieve an absolute majority.
A goal denied by the advance of the populist right, which has doubled the result obtained in previous consultations. On the other hand, the feminist-inspired far-left party, which failed to reach the threshold of 4%, remains outside parliament.
In detail, the xenophobic and anti-European radical right increased from 5,7 to 12,9% and could complicate the formation of any majority. The three left-wing parties (social democrats, greens, post-communists) together obtain 43,7%. The centre-right coalition stands at 39,3%.
158 seats would go to the left (175 are needed for the majority), 142 to the right and 49 to the xenophobes.
Faced with these results, the Social Democrat leader Stefan Lofven says he is ready to start consultations to form a new government and first of all mentions the Greens, but he also extends his hand to other political forces, a priori excluding only the far-right formation.
Attachments: The plan of the social democrats: more taxes and more spending
