Saturday, August 18, 2018

Sweden Faces Historic Upset in Election

 

Jimmie Akesson
 

Viking rock and whole pigs roasting on spits drew thousands of Swedes to a festival hosted by nationalists poised to deliver their country's biggest political upheaval in a century. The Sweden Democrats have been led since 2005 by a clean-cut and bespectacled man, Jimmie Akesson. He's gentrified a party that traces its roots back to the country's neo-Nazi, white supremacist fringe. Some polls now show the group may become the biggest in Sweden's parliament after general elections on Sept. 9. Such an outcome would end 100 years of Social Democratic dominance. In Akesson's hometown of Solvesborg, large crowds cheered as he laid out the party's vision for drastic cuts in immigration.

At sfgate.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

" the party's vision for drastic cuts in immigration."

Hopefully not only drastic cuts but extensive repatriation back to lands of the native origin those persons not of indigenous Swedish ethnic background.