Sweden goes to the polls with far-right set to hold balance of power

Surge in support for populists will see realignment of politics after too-close-to-call vote Polling stations have opened in Sweden in elections likely to force a historic realignment in the nation’s politics, as support for the established centre-right and centre-left blocs slumps in the face of a surge by the populist, anti-immigration Sweden Democrats. Late polls showed that the race was too close to call, with the outgoing Social Democrat-Green coalition of prime minister Stefan Löfven and its ex-communist Left party parliamentary allies on about 40-41% of the vote, and the four-party centre-right opposition, led by the Moderates, two to three points behind. Continue reading... source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/08/swedens-far-right-set-to-hold-balance-power-after-election #Headlines by: Jon Henley in Stockholm

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