
Sweden Bans Cousin Marriage
The new Swedish law will not only ban the practice at home but also refuse recognition for many such unions conducted abroad.

The new Swedish law will not only ban the practice at home but also refuse recognition for many such unions conducted abroad.

Sweden Democrats say this was “one of the single most important votes throughout this entire term.”

Charlie Weimers of the Sweden Democrats said other European Union countries should do the same.

Controversy over a Swedish MEP’s comments has amplified calls for tougher migration policies across the bloc.

SD leader Jimmie Åkesson described the new measures as “self-evident in every welfare state.”

An unlikely political alliance opens for a reversal of the no-euro outcome from 2003. But the currency switch would not benefit the Swedish economy.

Establishment figures “aren’t really engaging in journalism but rather covert political spin.”

The party says this move is essential because of the number of sites “where extremism and violent Islamism thrive.”

In a key vote, nearly every Swedish party rejected a bid to tear up the country’s gender self-ID law—including the centre-right Moderates.

Right-wing officials say that “step by step” they are “making Sweden safe again.”