Immigration the number one issue as Swedes vote
this Sunday, by Ann Corcoran, 9/4/18.
“….the
myth of the Sweden model is melting away.” - (A
“sad” former Prime Minister Carl Bildt).
Who
is to blame for that but the present and former government officials who opened
the door to uncontrolled migration from Africa and the Middle East!
All of Europe will be watching as the country, considered the most
welcoming of the welcoming countries of Europe, goes to the polls this coming
Sunday.
We
will be watching too because I’ve long predicted that Sweden falls first to
Islamic supremacism, albeit they have some strong contenders in the UK, Belgium
and the Netherlands. France under Macron is a top contender as well. And,
then Spain has edged its way forward with its recent welcome of migrant
transport ships. On
Sunday we will see if Sweden pulls in the reins in this race to cultural
annihilation…..
Here the New York Times gives us a detailed rundown (with
its normal dripping bias on full display) of what the stakes are and what might
happen.
LOL!
Even the title of the NYT piece says that if you oppose the socialist (open
borders) government then you might not be moral. Sweden Was Long Seen as a ‘Moral Superpower.’ That
May Be Changing.
STOCKHOLM
— In a civic center in Rinkeby, a heavily immigrant district of northwest
Stockholm, several hundred people gathered recently for a forum on Sweden’s
coming election and the future of the country.
The
conversation, about the nature of Sweden’s democracy and the importance of
voting, was sophisticated and passionate. But it was frustrating for one
participant, Ahmed Ali, a Somali immigrant, who thought people were dancing
around the main issue.
“The stakes are really high in this election,” he said in an interview.
“There are more extremists in the country, and they have more influence. They
don’t have a real political agenda. They just hate immigrants. And this
xenophobia is happening all over Europe.”
As an angry and divided Sweden prepares to vote on Sunday, the shape of
the next Swedish government is utterly unclear, because of the rapid rise of
the anti-immigration, anti-Europe Sweden Democrats, a populist nationalist
party that is expected to win a fifth of the vote.
A very important election for Afro-Swedes
says Kahin
Ahmed who
opposes the recent surge in populism
“This
election is very important to us,” said Kahin Ahmed, 48, who is running for a local seat,
but complains that none of the Swedish parties put immigrants or black people
high enough on their party lists to get elected in proportionate numbers, even
in areas like this one. “There is a racist party moving forward fast, and we
have to stop them.”
Sweden, long considered “a moral superpower,” as the political
scientist Lars Tragardh put it, has traditionally welcomed immigrants. But that is changing under the pressure
of globalization, immigration and anxiety about national and cultural identity. As in Germany and France, parties of the extremes, of the
left and especially of the right, are increasing their support at the expense
of those that have traditionally dominated.
Sweden “is joining the rest of Europe,” Carl Bildt, a former prime
minister from the center-right Moderate Party, said with evident sadness. “And
the myth of the Sweden model is melting away.”
The
melting was in evidence recently in Sergels Square in central Stockholm, where
Martin Westmont, a candidate for the Stockholm regional council, made the
Sweden Democrats’ case to the voters.
Swedish
Democrats is the party to watch! “We’re the new wave,” he said. The election
“will be a revolution.” He predicted that the Social Democrats,
the party who built the famous Swedish welfare state, would collapse, “even if
not this time,” and “we will become the largest party.” Many voters were still
reluctant to tell pollsters that they would vote for the Sweden Democrats, Mr.
Westmont suggested.
Populism has shifted the political discourse to the right and raised
the temperature, even among the traditionally phlegmatic Swedes. Political
support is fragmenting, with the long-dominant Social Democrats heading for
their worst showing in a century.
Continue
reading here.
See my Sweden
archive here.
‘Invasion of Europe’ archive is here.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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