In Sweden, the three right-wing parties will form a government, with unprecedented support from the far right

The three parties of the Swedish right have agreed to form a government, with the unprecedented support of the extreme right of the Democrats of Sweden (SD) in Parliament, announced on Friday October 14, Ulf Kristersson, tipped to become prime minister.

“The Moderates, Christian Democrats and Liberals will form a government and cooperate with the Sweden Democrats in Parliament”, said the first secretary of the Moderates (conservatives), during a press conference. A vote to appoint him prime minister is due to take place on Monday. Mr. Kristersson had been officially tasked with forming a government on September 19, but the negotiations took longer than expected.

Leading the right-wing parties in the September 11 elections with a record 20.5% of the vote, but behind outgoing Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson’s Social Democrats (30.3% of the vote), Jimmie Akesson’s SD will become the biggest force in the new majority, with 73 seats. Adding the Moderates (68 seats), the Christian Democrats (19) and the Liberals (16), the “constellation” of the rights has an absolute majority of 176 seats, against 173 for the opposition.

Never before has the Swedish right agreed to govern with the support of the SD in the Riksdag, the unicameral Swedish Parliament.