There’s a change blowing in Swedish politics and I’m really interested to hear your point of view.
In recent years, the far right, nationalistic party Sweden Democrats (SD) have gained traction. However, although they have a 17% representation in the parliament, they have never sat in the government. This is mostly because the other established parties have refused to negotiate or cooperate with them.
Today, Sweden has a minority government supported by smaller parties. One of the raison d’etre of this solution is to keep SD away from any form of governmental influence.
However, there is a shift. The two other right-oriented conservative parties, the Moderates (M) and the Christian Democrats (KD), are now opening the door to SD. In a bid to gain power, M and KD have understood they cannot reign without SD. Together, this block could get the largest number of votes, if not an outright majority.
Many people are concerned about this. History tells us how radical right-wing parties have previously gained political domination via the established conservative parties. The conservative parties opened the door, and then lost control. People are worried that this will happen in Sweden and that a right-wing union would devastate the country.
What do you think? Is this a valid concern or are people simply being alarmist?
Please share your thoughts.
Watching the Swedes 
I see it as a threat that SD, a party with very brown roots will gain power. I will not call SD a nazi party but SD attracts Swedish neo nazis. OK if an SD member is caught writing something clearly racist and xenophobic on the internet they are forced to leave the SD party but of course it is only because they were caught red handed (or shall we say “brown handed in this case;-) )