Sweden’s Riksdag Fire

What the new Swedish government means for the rest of Europe.

It happened in Austria. It happened in Italy. Now, it has happened in Sweden. A far-right party became part of the government. As the Trumpet previously covered, a party with far-right roots won the second-largest number of seats in Sweden’s September 11 Riksdag (parliament) elections. The new prime minister, Ulf Kristersson of the Moderate Party, took up office October 18. Together with three other right-leaning parties, the Sweden Democrats (SD) are the largest party in the coalition.

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