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jazzman

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Centre-right bloc defeats long-ruling Social Democrats in Sweden

BBC NEWS
Narrow win for Swedish opposition
Sweden's centre-right opposition bloc has defeated the ruling Social Democrat party in the country's closest-fought general election for decades.

Moderate party leader Fredrik Reinfeldt gave a jubilant declaration of victory as near-complete results gave him a 1% lead.

Prime Minister Goran Persson conceded defeat, saying he and his government would resign.

The Social Democrat party has ruled for all but 10 of the past 89 years.

Key issues in the election included whether Sweden's generous welfare model must reform for it to survive in the global economy.

Opinion polls had put the centre-right alliance consistently neck-and-neck with the Social Democrats.

The latest poll, published before voting began, put the challengers a few points ahead.

Trading accusations

Both leaders had admitted the result was expected to be extremely tight.

"If you want to use swimming terminology, we are going to be the ones who touch the finish a few hundredths of a second before the opposition," Mr Persson said on Saturday.

His rival for the prime minister's job urged supporters to turn out and vote.

"Don't believe the opinion polls. Persuade neighbours and friends to go vote," said Mr Reinfeldt.

The opposition says changes to Sweden's rigid labour market and high cost welfare system are long overdue, and promises to cut both employer taxes and unemployment benefits.

It also wants to cut the large social sector, which currently employs 30% of the Swedish job force.

Mr Reinfeldt has accused the government of disregarding the high unemployment rate, and for not making sure the country can continue to compete in a global market.

The government maintains the unemployment rate is a low 6%, while the opposition says it is around 10%, taking into account the many people on sick leave and in job training schemes.

Mr Persson has accused the opposition of wanting to destroy job security and make dangerous cuts to the welfare state.

He said this would undermine Sweden's unique social model - a cradle to grave welfare system and strong economic growth.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/europe/5353092.stm

Published: 2006/09/17 21:47:46 GMT

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5353092.stm


Wow, this is pretty big. Sweden has been the model for successful socialist governments in Europe. Guess it hasn't been as successful as some people like to believe. Government handouts can't make up for long-term unemployment because of said handouts.
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Liberalism aka socialism aka communism is slowly being defeated worldwide.
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whoever thinks this is real socialism is retarded.

its social welfare. not socialism.
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Um. Same basic thing. And I'm sure there are pleanty of state companies/industries there as well, like in the rest of Red Europe.

But hey if even the people in Sweden can see what a failing proposition it is, there may be hope for us all.
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Isn't Sweden the country where that movie director was killed by an Islamic terrorist for making a movie with a naked woman that had passages from the Koran about not beating women (or something like that?) shadowed onto her body?

I remember seeing this on 60 Minutes. There was a huge conservative backlash following the incident where the center-right really clamped down on immigration policies which, prior to the murder, had been some of the most liberal in the world.
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Hahahaha, you Republicans don't know anything. The Moderate Party isn't conservative, in fact, it's more liberal than the American Democratic party. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moderate_Party A win for conservativism this is not. The Moderate Party is liberal conservative, they may believe in free markets, but they also support education, healthcare, and the blue-collar worker.

Also, Sweden's standard of living is one of the highest in Europe. The liberalization of Sweden greatly improved that standard since the 1970's, when they were experiencing economic recession. They've also managed to stay out of every recent war. Nyah.
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Isn't Sweden the country where that movie director was killed by an Islamic terrorist for making a movie with a naked woman that had passages from the Koran about not beating women (or something like that?) shadowed onto her body?

I remember seeing this on 60 Minutes. There was a huge conservative backlash following the incident where the center-right really clamped down on immigration policies which, prior to the murder, had been some of the most liberal in the world.



No. The person you're thinking of, Theo van Gogh, was killed in Amsterdam by a Muslim, Mohammed Bouyeri, after making a movie called "Submission". The movie is about the opression of women and violence committed against women under Islam. Theo van Gogh was the great-grandson of Theo van Gogh, Vincent van Gogh's brother.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submission_%28movie%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_van_Gogh_(film_director)
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