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The article mentions this briefly, but as some added context for those of you in other countries; This is particularly funny because this guy in particular drove a very hard line regarding the responsibility of family members for their delinquent relatives. As in, they should face legal reprecussions for crimes committed by their family, or just if they are affiliated with a gang or something like that.
Well, it turns out his kid is an active Nazi.
HA!
Swedish government be like:
Officially endorse far-right party
Push xenophobic agenda
A mentally sick person organizes the largest school shooting in the country, targeting specifically migrants >
Youth joins far-right groups
That includes a son of a ministry working on how to deport as many migrants as possible, making visa process as painful as possible, even for high-skill workers
But WHY?!!?
B-b-but Lemmy told me they‘re moderate and not far right at all because Sweden is a socialist country and therefore can do no wrong… How could this be? /s
Well, there is something to it, and I think we talk about different parties.
Moderaterna, who have the PM, are just classic libs (though there is the true neoliberal Liberalerna in the ruling coalition as well). They are in the EPP, for those who follow European politics. Their program is, tbh, like that of the Democrats under Biden and Kamala. This is where the minister comes from. I think you mean them.
Now, to get a majority in the government, Moderaterna (and two other parties) made a deal (Tidö avtalet) with Sverigedemokraterna. They are not in the government, but the government made an agreement with Sverigedemokraterna, vowing to implement some of their program in exchange for their support in the parliament. I call them far-right. They are in the ECR (European Conservatives and Reformists) in the European Parliament. Their main thing is being against migration. Generally, you could compare them to Trump vol. 1.
I understand why others might think this is not far right. I come from Poland, the two largest parties come from EPP and ECR, and they are followed by even further right. Similarly, Sverigedemokraterna is not as far right as, for example, AfD in Germany. Or as Trump vol. 2. But others going even crazier does not exclude Sverigedemokraterna from the far-right.
