Sweden conservatives woo far-right to topple government

[FarCenter]

STOCKHOLM (AFP) -
Sweden's main opposition party courted controversy Thursday by suggesting it accept support by the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats (SD) to bring down the minority government.

Mainstream parties have so far rejected any cooperation with the SD, a party that has historic roots that go back to Sweden's neo-Nazi movement.

Neither the left nor right have had a majority in parliament since the 2014 election, meaning the right can topple the government by proposing a budget that would be adopted thanks to the far-right.

The leader of Sweden's conservative Moderates party called Thursday on its fellow centre-right opposition parties to accept the support of the SD to adopt such a budget, which would force the resignation of the Social Democrat-Green coalition government.

http://www.france24.com/en/20170119-sweden-conservatives-woo-far-right-topple-government

[DonCoquixote]

1. Hey Sweden

If you let this pass, welcome to becoming western Russia.

[FarCenter]

2. Sweden has been neutral since 1812.

It lost Finland to Russia in the Napoleonic Wars. However, it did subsequently acquire Norway from Denmark.