Sweden’s prime minister denounced an increasingly popular far-right party as racist and a threat to the nation’s European values on Saturday as political candidates made their final pre-election pitches to voters. Sweden’s prime minister denounced an increasingly popular far-right party as racist and a threat to the nation’s European values on Saturday as political candidates made their final pre-election pitches to voters. “That’s not going to happen, that’s not how it is,” Mr Akesson said. Mr Akesson responded that state television should not take sides. Prime Minister Stefan Lofven stumped Saturday for his party, the Social Democrats, while portraying the Sweden Democrats as racist.

Source: Irish Independent September 08, 2018 14:48 UTC