SWEDISH EU PRESIDENCY MAKES THEIR FAR-RIGHT A PAN-EUROPEAN THREAT - EU OBSERVER - 13.01.2023
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EU Observer (13 January 2023)

Malin BJÖRK

 

New year, new Swedish leadership in the European Council. And in 2023 political pariahs, once associated with violent racists and swastika-wearing Nazi sympathisers, are dangerously close to the helm.

Like many, I assumed that the Swedish Presidency would be an opportunity to make progress on some of the EU's most pressing challenges; climate, refugee policy, gender equality, rule of law and democracy. But my hopes were dashed when it became clear that Sweden would have a rightwing conservative government propped up by the far-right Sweden Democrats.

Mainstream conservatives, who once positioned themselves as the bulwark against right-wing extremism, have instead joined forces in a desperate attempt to gain power. While the Sweden Democrats are not officially in government, they now yield considerable influence over policies that affect us all.

To read the rest of the article, please click: https://euobserver.com/opinion/156598


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