Election Throws Sweden Into Turmoil as Nationalists Surge
They want their country back? What's wrong with those people!
[BLOOMBERG] Sweden's election threw the nation's political establishment into turmoil as backing for the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats more than doubled, leaving the largest Nordic economy facing a hung parliament.
The three-party Social Democratic opposition led byStefan Loefvenwon 43.6 percent, versus 39.5 percent for the four-party government of Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, according to a count of 97 percent of the vote. The Sweden Democrats garnered 13 percent to become the third largest party.
Posted by: Fred 2014-09-15 |