Sweden: The ruling centre-left Social Democrats are set for re-election against a right-wing bloc in Sweden that has embraced anti-immigration Sweden Democrats in an effort to retake power after eight years of protests.
Parties compete to be tough on gang crime as the number of shootings has steadily increased and voters become increasingly uneasy, while rising inflation and the energy crisis following Russia's invasion of Ukraine increasingly take center stage. is captured.
Law and order is the bastion of the right, but a cloudy economic storm may help Social Democratic Prime Minister Magdalena Anderson, who is considered a credible leader and is more well-liked than her party.
“My message is very clear: During the pandemic, we helped Swedish businesses and families. In one last debate before the vote on Sunday, he declared, “If I have your newfound confidence, I will be in the exact same way again.” I will work ,
Andersen served as finance minister for several years, before becoming Sweden's first female prime minister a year earlier. Ulf Christerson, the leader of the Moderates, is his main adversary as he believes he is the only person who can unify and remove the right.
Christerson spent years cementing his ties with the Sweden Democrats, a group that opposes immigration and was founded by white supremacists. The Democrats of Sweden, previously shunned by all other parties, are now becoming more prevalent within the mainstream right.
In a video posted by his party, Christerson said, "We will prioritize law and order that will make it profitable to work and build new climate-smart nuclear power." We only want to organize Sweden.
Voting began at 8 a.m. local time, closed at 8 p.m., and results are expected around midnight.
According to opinion polls, the right-wing faction and the centre-left are neck and neck. The Sweden Democrats appear to have recently overtaken the Moderates as the second largest party, trailing only the Social Democrats.
The election is seen as a referendum on whether to give Jimmy Kesson's Sweden Democrats the right to influence government policy or join the cabinet, which many centre-left voters and even some Right side is troubled.
With only the support of the Sweden Democrats in parliament, Kristerson wants to form a government with smaller Christian Democrats and possibly liberals. However, the centre-left does not take those assurances at face value.
With both blocs facing protracted and difficult negotiations to form a government in a polarized and emotionally charged political climate, uncertainty remains over the election.
If Anderson wants to serve as prime minister for a second term, he will need the support of the Left and Center parties, which are ideological rivals, as well as possibly the Green Party.
According to Annie Löf, who recently split from Christerson's Center Party over the support of the Sweden Democrats, "I have very few red lines." "The one thing I would never allow is a government influencing the Democrats of Sweden," she said.
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