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Trouble for the Swedish far right party as its confidence fall

Sunday, 18 November 2012
Swedish voter's confidence in the far right party, Sweden Democrats has slumped after scandal revelations earlier this week.

A full 48 percent of respondents say their confidence in the party has fallen, according to a survey by the latest opinion poll commissioned by the Swedish daily, Dagens Nyheter, done by the polling organisation, Ipsos.

For the 44 percent, confidence remain unchanged, and 3 percent said they had a more positive attitude towards the Sweden Democrats.

Party leader Jimmie Åkesson , by contrast, fared little better out of the crisis, but his confidence in him also fell too. 33 percent said that their view of the party leader has become more negative, while 54 percent responded that there is no difference.

The fall comes after the Swedish tabloid, Expressen, published footage from a street brawl from June 2010, which showed the top brace of the party behaving badly.

Stockholm police have also launched a preliminary investigation of if a crimes was committed by members of parliament, Erik Almqvist and Kent Ekeroth and party comrade Christian Westling who all came from the far right party Sweden Democrats.
By Scancomark.com Team


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