Sweden’s largest right-wing component, the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats, will not be part of the government but has accepted its component, marking the first time it will have a direct influence on politics.
Kristersson told reporters that the government’s mandate through the electorate meant that “replacing is only necessary, replacing is also possible, and we, the 4 parties, can deliver that replacement. “
The new government will cut taxes, initiate the procedure for building new nuclear power plants and limit profits, among other policies.
Kristersson will meet the parliament speaker on Friday and is expected to face a confirmation vote on Monday in which he is almost certain to succeed.
The Sweden Democrats’ direct role in deciding government policy marks a massive shift in Swedish politics and would have been unthinkable less than a decade ago. Then no one would have anything to do with Akesson.
But his message that most of Sweden’s ills are the result of decades of overly beneficial immigration policies and the lack of integration of the “new Swedes” struck a chord with voters, virtually causing the right-wing bloc to govern without his party’s support. .
“For us Swedish democrats, a substitution of force will also have to mean a paradigm shift in relation to immigration and integration policy,” Akesson said at the news conference.
The new government will make it harder for new immigrants to make a profit, while the foreign aid target of 1% of the gross national source of income will be replaced by a steady sum.
Police will crack down on criminal gangs and sentences for gang crimes will be longer.
In the September 11 elections, the right-wing bloc won a narrow majority, winning 176 seats in the 349-member parliament.
(Reuters)