What´s the problem with the Swedish Democrats?

I have followed the thrilling result of the counting of the votes in the Swedish Parliament election. The right wing "Alliance" coalition does not succeed in gaining a majority lacking only 9 votes in Gothenburg and 7 in Värmland! Now all the votes are counted. But it has already been challenged...

When we, the Christian Democrats in Uppsala, followed the count right after the election everyone shouted with excitement when the forecast of 175 mandates for the "Alliance" came up (175 makes a majority out of the 349 seats in the Swedish Riksdag). And of course it would have been wonderful if a historical Swedish right wing majority government would have been reelected! A unique period would have been followed by another unique one.

But I see no problem with the Swedish "Alliance" government ruling as a minority government! The common situation in Sweden has been the Social democrats governing with support of a minority in the parliament and the passive support of the more or less undemocratic leftist party (former communists). What then is the problem with an Alliance government depending on a passive support of the Swedish Democrats?

The left wing coalition has showed themselves from the worst side critizising the government for cooperating with the Swedish Democrats. It is natural that the biggest coalition form a government! Or are the left coalition prepared to vote against the "Alliance" with the only result that they themselves would have to depend on SD?

No, hypocrats and bad loosers are what the leftists are! They should accept that they have lost the election and let prime minister Reinfeldt & Co go on with governing Sweden in peace!

Dn 1,2, XP 1, SVT 1, SvD 1,2,3,4 AB 1,2,3, 4

Fatal mistakes by the Norwegian centre

Unfortunately my fears about the Norwegian election where fulfilled and the leftist government was reelected. The two parties Kristelig Folkeparti ("Christian Democrats") and Venstre ("Liberals") has not been able to adopt from the situation 1997-2005 where they succesfully ruled Norway under the Christian Democratic prime minister Kjell Magne Bondevik. Instead they have kept working against the biggest right-wing party Fremskrittspartiet. Now the voters have given their verdict, and Venstre is left with only two mandates in the Parliament "Stortinget" and their leader Sponheim has announced his resignment (VG).

Now I hope that during the coming four years the right - wing parties will be able to do a better job to open way for a non-socialist government in the future! Erna Solberg, the party leader of Høyre (the Conservatives) has so far seemed to be the only one aiming for this. It is tragic that in a country like Norway with a strong non-socialist majority, the socialistic parties anyway can stay in government, with the help of the Senterpartiet.

In Sweden, thank God, the situation is the opposite! I hope that the Swedish governing alliance will succeed as well as the Norwegian in the elections next year!

Media: DN 1,2,3, SvD 1,2,3 , VG 1,2,3,4,5,6