The Right humilliates Social Democrats

The arrival of the right-wing populist Sweden Democrats' in parliament is humiliating for the Social Democrats and could have repercussions all over Scandinavia, the left-liberal daily La Repubblica fears: "The centre-right party may have won, but the right-wing populists' advance could put a big damper on the dynamic and popular Prime Minister Reinfeldt's spirits. ... It is to be feared that Sweden, the strongest country economically, politically and militarily in the north of the European Union, could be crippled by this development. The fear of immigration and Islam and the right-wing movements are shattering political stability in legendary Scandinavia, too. ... A humiliating result above all for the Social Democrats, who with the help of politicians of the calibre of Olof Palme have governed and shaped modern Sweden in recent years."

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