Swedish election, 2018: Political Impasse, Löfven loses confidence vote

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The support for the Feminist Initiative is on the perfect level where it isn't high enough to get them to parliament but is high enough to screw the Greens.

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Sweden Democrats have been accepted into the European Conservatives and Reformists group at the European Parliament. Thus the party moves further toward the mainstream and away from the fringe; it's more difficult to label a sister party of the British Tories as far-right (though I'm sure people will try...).

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A group of "youths" torched dozens of cars in Gothenburg and other cities. At some places these "youths" also threw rocks at the firefighters.

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This voting method is ridiculous. You basically have to take all the parties' ballots to the booth if you want to make sure no-one knows how you voted.

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Why the high C support on Gotland?

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We used to be one country until 1905, we have the same viking heritage, our languages are just slight variations of each other, our cultures are very similar.

Racist.

What?

Your exclusionary language discriminates against millions of Swedes and Nords who have no Viking heritage and do not partake in the native culture.

This kind of PC attitude is exactly the reason why SD is going to win.

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Sweden looks pretty in red 😁

Still worst S result in over a century.

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MIGRANTS VOTE AGAINST ANTI-MIGRANT PARTY SHOCKER

C and L are just as pro-immigration as the left (Annie Lööf said she would be fine with 30 million immigrants coming to Sweden) but they still don't get migrant votes.

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Does Lööf get to try now?

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Most recent attempt at government (M + KD, with outside SD support) was voted down as well.

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If this were Finland, the parties would have sold out their election promises weeks ago in exchange for ministerial portfolios. I have to give credit to the Swedish parties on consistency.

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Looks like Centre and the Liberals are now supporting Löfven.