Posted on 12/02/2014 2:13:11 PM PST by tcrlaf
A political crisis erupted in Sweden Tuesday when the extreme-right Sweden Democrats, the country's third largest party, vowed to block the new leftist-green government's budget, a move that could trigger new elections.
"The Sweden Democrats will work towards taking down every government and every budget proposal that supports increased immigration at today's levels," the populist party's acting leader Mattias Karlsson said in a press conference.
The party -- which holds the balance of power in parliament -- said its decision was in reaction to the minority government's pro-immigration policies. It pledged instead to support a rival budget proposal from the centre-right Alliance, even if the Alliance and government are close on immigration issues.
Prime Minister Stefan Loefven told reporters that the Sweden Democrats were treating the parliament like a "playhouse" by putting political tactics first and he invited the four opposition Alliance parties to overnight crisis talks, ahead of a parliamentary vote on Wednesday.
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Could this bring down the government?
Who needs a budget or money when you have continuing resolutions?
/sarc
block the new leftist-green government’s bullcrap???...How sweet it sounds!
related:
Swedish center-right opposition stands by vow to back own budget after govt talks
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/02/us-sweden-government-opposition-talks-idUSKCN0JG2EJ20141202?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews
Be interested in knowing what Yahoo considers extreme right.
Props to the Sweden Democrat (clearly as misnomer) party for this stand. I’m reasonably sure it represents the desires of much of the Swedish population.
Yes, please, to both.
I always did like the glug. The Swedes do the same thing. Smart folks, those Scandihoovians!
That's why so many of the great Swedish tennis players suddenly became citizens of Monte Carlo.
To the MSM, is there any type of right that isn’t “extreme”? You don’t see one without the other in these stories.
So the same rule applies in Sweden as in America — conservative women are the best looking.
The Danes, too.
“extreme right”... whatever
According to Aftonbladet, 14% of SD members are of immigrant origin,[75][76] which corresponds to the proportion of foreign-born in Sweden.[77] For the 2010 election in the municipality of Södertälje (Stockholm County), SD was the only party with a majority of immigrants on its electoral list, mostly Assyrians from the Middle East.[78] Polling 7.31% (3,447 votes), SD's municipal list in Södertälje got 5 of the 65 municipal seats.[79] Nader Helawi and 4 other Swedes from immigrant origin will sit as municipal councilors.[80]Assyrians = Middle Eastern Christians.
JA!
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