
Swedes Must Reevaluate the EU “Straightjacket”
“The will of the Swedish people, which is reflected in the results of parliamentary elections, will become less and less relevant as power is increasingly centralized in Brussels,” Åkesson said.
“The will of the Swedish people, which is reflected in the results of parliamentary elections, will become less and less relevant as power is increasingly centralized in Brussels,” Åkesson said.
The EU’s asylum pact imposes a quota system on member states to accept refugees. The Sweden Democrats have declared it a risk to national sovereignty.
“Sweden has a centuries-old tradition of civil registration, but as a result of irresponsible migration and undemanding integration policies over the decades, we have largely lost control over how many and who lives in our country,” SD leader Jimmie Åkesson said.
A Swedish police decision to ban Quran burnings is unlikely to stand legally, exposing contradictions between Turkish demands and Sweden’s rule of law.
Riksdag member Anna Starbrink’s pledge to vote against a national panhandling law, at any stage of the legislative process, reduces the coalition majority from 176-173 to 175-174.
“This government was elected, among other things, on a mandate to create a paradigm shift in migration policy. This requires many major changes,” Migration Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard (M) told members of the press.
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) called those responsible for the ever-increasing violence “the domestic terrorists of our time.”
Given that the case involves a member of the Riksdag, it is being dealt with by the Special Prosecutors Chamber.
The winning center-right coalition and the opposition Left have an admirable plan: to build consensus around the parliamentary leadership.
The Islamist party performed well in urban areas with large immigrant populations. This likely deprived the social democrats of votes critical to winning the parliamentary election.