'Swedish society has changed': The rise of the far-right Sweden Democrats • FRANCE 24 English

Earlier this month, #Sweden experienced a political earthquake when the Sweden Democrats (SD), a party with neo-Nazi roots, became the country's second-largest party in parliament. For the first time, the #farright was running not as an outsider, but as part of the traditional right-wing coalition. According to journalist and University of Glasgow sociology lecturer Dominic Hinde, this #election result marks Sweden's political shift "from centre-left to conservative right". He joined us for Perspective from Sweden, where he's been speaking to voters across the country since June.

[duncansmith]

it's not the "far right" that has risen, but the far left that has finally lost its base among Swedish voters

[Phobos]

You can't be a swede by just getting swedish papers. Swedish identity is heritage.

[LB-pyig]

1:53 "In general, the discourse on immigration in Sweden has shifted compeltely to the right...What do you think went wrong with Sweden's integration of immigrants?"
First hand experience.

[billthestinker]

Not the rise of far right in Sweden simply the renaissance of Common Sense 😊

[rleeg]

He's pretty upset that democracy can be used to vote against leftists 😆

[susanna]

This is best news for Sweden In 25 years. Finally Swedes has got some common sense...

[fpxy]

Swedish "far right" is regular "centar left".

[santhithomas]

When the Govts go far left, to please certain groups of people, the majority of people will react and go far right. Govt should protect the people of the country first, then worry about refugees. Study communities well and be very careful about whom you take as immigrants.

[keihndeth]

Everyone who disagrees with globalists is Far Right. Hilarious.

[jerrymiller]

There is no far right in Sweden just far left

[danm]

imagine a party trying to "lead" the electorate in a direction (open door immigration in the name of inclusivity and diversity) they don't want to go and paying a price for it at the polls.

[adrianacanavati]

The far right will rise in all European countries because left and far left strategies failed big time,

[eurobonusabc]

Even earlier migrants (or those of migrant backgrounds) are voting for the SD because they are tired of the effects from the recent mass migration into Sweden and what it has done to life in Sweden. Gang wars, murders, bombings, no-go areas for Swedish police, non-Swedish vigilante groups enforcing foreign cultural norms etc.

[barrywalsh]

It is not "far-right" to propose a reduction in immigration.

[bud]

Need to be more extreme, if we want to save Europe

[beingatliberty]

Why always the rhetoric of “far right”, when you say far right you mean partys that want to control immigration and borders, ? something that all partys that wish to claim being conservative or democratic should be doing?

[jaycristoval]

Opposition to population replacement does not make a party "far France 24 should rethink some of their terms/ buzzwords (clickbait)....

[justaswede]

Swedish tax payers has to pay for the mass immigration, even though Sweden has among the worlds highest taxes. And now the society is falling apart. Many families can not afford to pay for fuel and electricity. And the health care system is broken. Many pensioners/ elderly people lives under the EU poverty line. Immigrants are prioritized in the waiting lists for apartments. In a country with a huge housing crisis. In 1990 there were 2 ghettos in Sweden. Now it is almost 200!! And so on and so on.

[eurodiaz]

He fails to mention that the people wanted this, the people that voted for it. America soon will follow

[jmolofsson]

The "surge" has gone on for four election periods, as has the "normalisation" of the illiberal voters. Hence the result was unsurprising, even if the majority turned out to be razor thin, and equally well could have resulted in a continued Social Democrat minority cabinet.

The important shift is, I believe, not the change of primeminister, but instead *_most_* parties adapting to the concerns of the SD-voters.