Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/256130 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
SWP Comments No. 25/2010
Publisher: 
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Berlin
Abstract: 
The outcome of Sweden's general election held on 19 September 2010 was widely seen as yet another example of a right-wing populist party on the rise in Europe. However, Sweden's case also shows that growing right-wing populism does not necessarily go hand in hand with growing opposition to the EU. Although the Sweden Democrats advocate both anti-immigrant and anti-EU ideas, the latter hardly contributed to their success at the polls. On the contrary, Swedish society - often referred to as traditionally eurosceptical - has »mentally« joined the European Union
Document Type: 
Research Report

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