Sweden PM Kristersson – Wiki CommonsPopulist right-winger Jimmie Åkesson is seen by many as ‘the winner’ of this election.Ulf Kristersson, like most of the establishment ‘conservatives’ in Sweden, treated the ‘far-right’ populists from ‘Sweden Democrats’ party as political outcasts, some sort of political lepers not to be engaged in any way.But, in 2022, Jimmie Åkesson’s party was instrumental in leading Kristersson into office.The party voted with the Kristersson three-party minority government that moved Sweden’s politics to tougher policies on immigration and crime.Reuters reported:“Now, if the right wins Sunday’s election, Kristersson has said he will include the Sweden Democrats in his new government, which would be the first time it would join a cabinet.Kristersson’s government has already abolished permanent residency for asylum seekers and ramped up expulsions. It had to drop a bill to lock up the most violent 13-year-old criminals, settling for offenders one year older, but has imposed stiffer sentencing and expanded police powers.”Polls in the run-up to Sunday’s vote predict a close result between the left and right blocs.“If Swedes do pick the right bloc, Kristersson’s pragmatism could still face a test. The Sweden Democrats could get more votes than the Moderates. Most analysts expect Kristersson would soldier on as prime minister, but his authority would be weak.”Right-wing populist Jimmie Åkessons – Wiki CommonsFor some, Sweden Democrats’ populist leader Jimmie Åkesson has ‘already won’ the election, in the sense that he has ‘steered the national conversation’ in the ‘progressive’ bastion of Europe.Bloomberg reported:“When Swedes vote this Sunday, it will be in a political landscape remade by the leader of the Sweden Democrats. With days left before ballots are cast, Åkesson is back in his hometown of Sölvesborg along the Baltic coast for one last push to take his party into government after 16 years in parliament. His look is smart but approachable: slicked back hair, neatly-trimmed beard, suit, no tie, unbuttoned collar.[…] ‘We’ve pressed the other parties and now they all sound more or less like us’, Åkesson said in an interview at the Aug. 29 event. ‘That is, of course, already a victory in itself’.”Read more:Sweden Approves ‘Good Behaviour’ Law, Will Kick Out Migrants Acting Improperly/*! This file is auto-generated */!function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i