Preliminary results are due from the Swedish Election Authority within hours, while vote counting will begin on Monday, with official results expected within a week #EuropeNews

Preliminary results are due from the Swedish Election Authority within hours, while vote counting will begin on Monday, with official results expected within a week

Sweden’s centre-left opposition bloc, which backs Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson for prime minister, was projected to win 51.3% of the vote in Sunday’s parliamentary election, according to an exit poll by broadcaster SVT.

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      5 hours ago

      Sure.

      When it was founded over 150 years ago, it was the most left wing national party in the country.

      They continued being solidly left wing until Poul Nyrup Rasmussen took over as leader in 1992. Then followed a period of center left economic policies and permissive immigration politics.

      Ever since the Fogh Rasmussen introduced spin doctors to Danish politics, though, the whole thing has been ratcheting right.

      The economic policies especially took a turn under Thorning-Schmidt, and current prime minister Mette Frederiksen has REALLY turned the screws on Muslim immigrants, basically treating them like the farthest right parties did in the 90s.