Sweden Gets Populist-Conservative-Liberal Coalition Government: Moderate Leader Elected PM
Longtime left-ruled Sweden has a new govt, with Moderate Ulf Kristersson as leader after a coalition formed among the centre-right last week.
Longtime left-ruled Sweden has a new govt, with Moderate Ulf Kristersson as leader after a coalition formed among the centre-right last week.
Populist leader Jimmie Åkesson visited the headquarters of the centre-right Moderates this week amid speculation of a right-wing coalition.
Four Swedish political parties have announced their support for a change to the country’s constitution that would guarantee women the right to have abortions. The Liberals, Centre Party, Greens, and the centre-right Moderates have all come out in support of
Swedish Liberal Party leader Nyamko Sabuni has called for the European Union to take a “hard-line” against Hungary and Poland over LGBT issues, “even if it means that authoritarian states leave the Union”.
The Liberal Party will investigate the possibility of banning marriage between cousins in Sweden to tackle honour culture.
The Swedish government has been accused of allowing exceptions in a new bill that is aimed at banning the recognition of polygamous marriages carried out overseas.