Tag: Jimmie Åkesson
458: New bottom note for the NATO process
Rasmus Paludan’s burning of the Koran angered Turkish President Erdogan so much that he now says that NATO membership is out of the question as long as Sweden allows the burning of the holy book. At the same time, the Social Democrats attack the Sweden Democrats and say that Prime Minister Kristersson’s cooperation with Jimmie […]
Follow the year’s first party leader debate in the Riksdag
The party leaders meet in the year’s first party leader debate in the Riksdag. Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) starts, then in order of party size Magdalena Andersson (S), Jimmie Åkesson (SD), Nooshi Dadgostar (V), Annie Lööf (C), Ebba Busch (KD), Märta Stenevi (MP) and Johan Pehrson ( L). Follow the party leader debate that […]
The change of power – when SD let L into the government
Ekot’s reporter Katarina Helmerson follows members of parliament Anna Starbrink (L) and Leonid Yurkovskiy (SD) from the election until the formation of the government. Hear their description of the parties’ cooperation and how Starbrink, who was previously against SD cooperation, handles his new role. That’s how the Tidö Agreement came about After three days in […]
New Swedish government tightens migration policy
Sweden has historically been seen as Europe’s most welcoming country to refugees, but observers say that changed in 2015 when the government decided to close its borders. The election in September of a new government led by the far-right Sweden Democrats has further tightened migration policy. Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s Moderate Party, the Liberals and […]
Ulf Kristersson (M) elected prime minister – hear the vote
Guide to the sound: 01.35: Tobias Billström (M) 04.05: Lena Hallengren (S) 08.30: Mats Persson (L) 15.10 Per Bolund (MP) 24:25 Annie Lööf (C) 30.40 Jimmie Åkesson (SD) 36.45 Ebba Busch (KD) 44.45 Nooshi Dadgostar (V) 59.10 The Prime Minister’s vote Cast: Fredrik FurtenbachEcho’s commentator, Katarina Helmersonpolitical reporter at Ekot, Jan Teorellpolitical scientist at Stockholm […]
Swedish party official suspended after Anne Frank’s post
STOCKHOLM – An official from the Sweden Democrats was suspended by the far-right party for making derogatory comments about the Jewish teenage diarist Anne Frank. In an Instagram post that has now been deleted, Rebecka Fallenkvist called Anne, among other things, “immoral”, according to Swedish media. Anne, who wrote a diary while hiding in Amsterdam […]
The right-wing government takes power in the EU state
The deal to form a three-party coalition includes political concessions to the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats Three Swedish parties have reached an agreement to form a minority coalition that relies on parliamentary support from the right-wing Sweden Democrats. It means a big change for the Scandinavian nation, where the anti-immigration movement has a direct influence on […]
Sweden reveals right-wing government
The deal to form a three-party coalition includes political concessions to the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats Three Swedish parties have reached an agreement to form a minority coalition that relies on parliamentary support from the right-wing Sweden Democrats. It means a big change for the Scandinavian nation, where the anti-immigration movement has a direct influence on […]
The right-wing parties agree on government documents – hear the entire press conference
The moderates’ party leader Ulf Kristersson held a press conference together with the party leader of the Sweden Democrats Jimmie Åkessonthe party leader of the Christian Democrats Ebba Busch and the Liberal party leader Johan Pehrson. The substrate is called The Tidal Agreement, after Tidö castle outside Västerås, where the parties negotiated. The government will […]
No prime minister post for Jimmie Åkesson and life advice from the party leaders
In this podcast you meet David Druid and Katherine Zimmerman who were previously colleagues in Morgonpasset in P3. The talk show is their reunion. In the podcast, we also hear Ekot’s political reporter Lova Olsson and the satirist Moa Wallin from the Think Tank in P3. Producer: Sukran Kavak Digital Editor: Anton Lundholm The program […]
Nooshi Dadgostar (V) in Ekot’s party leadership hearing
You will find all of Ekot’s party leader hearings on the page Val 2022. The party leaders will be questioned in P1 morning at 07.15. Here is the order: 8/8 Ulf Kristersson (M) 9/8 Magdalena Andersson (S) 10/8 Per Bolund (MP) 11/8 Johan Pehrson (L) 15/8 Jimmie Åkesson (SD) 16/8 Ebba Busch (KD) 17/8 Annie […]
Annie Lööf (C) in Ekot’s party leader hearing
You will find all of Ekot’s party leader hearings on the page Val 2022. The party leaders will be questioned in P1 morning at 07.15. Here is the order: 8/8 Ulf Kristersson (M) 9/8 Magdalena Andersson (S) 10/8 Per Bolund (MP) 11/8 Johan Pehrson (L) 15/8 Jimmie Åkesson (SD) 16/8 Ebba Busch (KD) 17/8 Annie […]
Ebba Busch (KD) in Ekot’s party leader hearing
You will find all of Ekot’s party leader hearings on the page Val 2022. The party leaders will be questioned in P1 morning at 07.15. Here is the order: 8/8 Ulf Kristersson (M) 9/8 Magdalena Andersson (S) 10/8 Per Bolund (MP) 11/8 Johan Pehrson (L) 15/8 Jimmie Åkesson (SD) 16/8 Ebba Busch (KD) 17/8 Annie […]
Jimmie Åkesson (SD) in Ekot’s party leader hearing
You will find all of Ekot’s party leader hearings on the page Val 2022. The party leaders will be questioned in P1 morning at 07.15. Here is the order: 8/8 Ulf Kristersson (M) 9/8 Magdalena Andersson (S) 10/8 Per Bolund (MP) 11/8 Johan Pehrson (L) 15/8 Jimmie Åkesson (SD) 16/8 Ebba Busch (KD) 17/8 Annie […]
The battle over quota refugees and the family feud in SD
This summer, we broadcast special episodes about the four topics that young voters between the ages of 16-29 ranked as the most important before the election, according to the SOM institute. The order is environment, crime, immigration and healthcare. In this program we talk about immigration, which therefore comes in third place. We are talking […]
Jimmie Åkesson’s hundred stones
This is an extra episode from Almedalen. Producer: Sukran Kavak and Ulla Svensson The podcast was played on July 6, 2022.
Right now: Hear Jimmie Åkesson’s (SD) speech in Almedalen
The Sweden Democrats’ Jimmie Åkesson will be the last party leader from the right-wing parties to give a speech on the Almedalen stage. Earlier in Ekot’s hearing, he talked about the hesitation towards the Liberals and how it can be difficult to cooperate with the party. Listen to Ekot’s political commentator Fredrik Furtenbach’s analysis after […]
Right now: Jimmie Åkesson (SD) in Ekot’s party leader hearing
Now it is the Sweden Democrats’ party chairman Jimmie Åkesson’s turn to participate in Ekot’s party leader hearing during Almedalen Week on Gotland. The host is Mikael Sjödell and the hearing is followed by an analysis by Ekot’s domestic policy commentators Fredrik Furtenbach and Tomas Ramberg. Ekot broadcasts directly in the app SR Play and […]
Ultima Thule – the band that plays SD into the Riksdag | Part 3/3
Ultima Thule bans are introduced in schools and in the media the band is hunted down with questions about their past. The collusion with the white power movement, fans who heal and the criticism that follows eats away at the band. They are linked to the growing racism that is being debated extensively. Some record […]
Ultima Thule – the skinheads’ new favorite band | Part 2/3
The punks have become skinheads and behind the band’s debut album is right-wing extremist Bevara Sverige Svenskt – BSS. Ultima Thule continues to hang in the circles around the growing white power movement and the pressure on the band increases. Who are they and what do they stand for? At the same time, the economic […]
Right now: Agenda’s party leader debate
NATO, the riots, pensions, energy prices and the climate. These are the most important issues in the election year’s first debate in SVT’s Agenda tonight. The two-hour debate is led by Camilla Kvartoft and Anders Holmberg. Participating are Magdalena Andersson (S), Ebba Busch (KD), Nooshi Dadgostar (V), Ulf Kristersson (M), Annie Lööf (C), Johan Pehrson […]
Jimmy Åkesson’s pink flamingo
When former Prime Minister Stefan Löfven in a debate said bickering, the word came to life again. Recently, criminologist Leif GW Persson used the term pill quilt on Ebba Busch’s weapon knowledge. What more old words might come to life again? David has some suggestions. Our political satirist Moa Wallin has checked the situation with […]
Swedish opposition may change attitude towards NATO
The leader of the Sweden Democrats says that he will advocate joining the US-led bloc if neighboring Finland continues to become a member A central opposition party in Sweden will reportedly try to change its attitude to whether the country should join NATO, if the neighboring country Finland applies for membership. Such a move would […]
The Swedish opposition party may change its attitude towards NATO
The leader of the Sweden Democrats says that he will advocate joining the western military bloc if neighboring Finland continues to become a member A central opposition party in Sweden will reportedly try to change its position on whether the country should join NATO if neighboring Finland applies for membership, which could potentially pave the […]
SD turns on NATO: Sweden should join if Finland does
If Finland chooses to join NATO, the Sweden Democrats should change their line and advocate membership in the defense alliance, says party leader Jimmie Åkesson to Swedish daily newspaper. Åkesson is supported by the party’s foreign policy spokesman Aron Emilsson: “It is important that Sweden and Finland keep pace”. In that case, Sweden would get […]
Åkesson (SD): Ukrainian refugees should not stay here permanently
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has made the Sweden Democrats think in new directions about both their defense and migration policy. How do Jimmie Åkesson and the Sweden Democrats reason about the new refugee situation and what happens if the war is prolonged? Hear party leader Jimmie Åkesson in Ekot’s Saturday interview.
390: SD and the Russian bear
In connection with the Ukraine crisis, the Sweden Democrats are once again criticized for being weak towards Russia. How well-founded is the criticism and how well does Jimmie Åkesson’s reasoning land when he refuses to choose between Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin? Outside the Riksdag, two new small parties are emerging in the form of […]
Jimmie Åkesson (SD) speaks at the party’s national days
The Sweden Democrats’ national days are currently taking place in Karlstad. There, the representatives will vote on the orientation program that will form the basis for the party’s policy before the election next year. In several policy areas, including housing and integration, the proposed focus program emphasizes the need for return. Hear party leader Jimmie […]
Per Bolund (MP) smoked together with Jimmie Åkesson (SD) in the party leader debate
Hear a conversation with Fredrik Furtenbach, domestic political commentator at Ekot and My Rohwedder, political commentator at Aftonbladet. The feature was published in Studio one on Monday, October 11, 2021.
Jimmie Åkesson about Lars Vilks and free art
Sweden Democrats’ party leader Jimmie Åkesson is this week’s guest in Ekot’s Saturday interview. Comment: Pontus Mattsson, political reporter at Ekot Host: Monica SaarinenProducer: Viktor MattssonTechniques: Tim Kellerman
Listen to Jimmie Åkesson (SD) in Ekot’s Saturday interview
Right now: Distrust vote against Stefan Löfven
The risk day is now gathered to vote on the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Stefan Löfven, which decides the Swedish government’s future. The background is that the left-wing leader Nooshi Dadgostar has stated that she lacks confidence in Stefan Löfven due to the government’s investigation proposal to introduce free renting on newly produced tenancies. […]
Jimmie Åkesson: Sweden is in a war-like state
The Sweden Democrats’ party leader Jimmie Åkesson will give a speech at Järva Week on Friday. His message in the speech is that Sweden has gone from being a functioning welfare state to being in “a war-like state”. Åkesson blames the development on politicians and wants to nuance the picture of SD’s attitude to immigration. […]
“Death shootings a difficult issue for the government”
Low levels of clarification and limited success in slowing down development. The lethal violence with firearms is higher in Sweden than in the rest of Europe. It shows a new report from the Crime Prevention Council. Several politicians have reacted to the report and Jimmie Åkesson (SD) says that “the government has lost its grip”. […]
The after-talk – Jimmie Åkesson in Ekot’s Saturday interview
Participants: Anders Lindberg, Aftonbladet, Susanne Nyström, Dagens Nyheter and Per Gudmundsson, Swedish daily newspaper. Host: Lasse Johansson Producer: Peter Bjurbo Technician: Heinz Wennin / Johanna Carell
VMA in Borås, Västra Götaland County
The state should take greater responsibility for raising pensions by contributing more money to pension contributions. The Sweden Democrats’ party leader Jimmie Åkesson said this in Ekot’s Saturday interview, where he was asked about the party’s demands to support a possible bourgeois government after the next election. “With our proposal, an average pensioner would receive […]
VMA in Borås, Västra Götaland County
For the first time since the party entered the Riksdag in 2010, the Sweden Democrats have a chance to enter into a government collaboration after the election next year. In that case, what issues should the parties cooperate on, everyone – or only those where they already agree? What do SD think themselves? Sweden Democrats […]
Ramberg: The consensus collapsed in front of the viewers in a live broadcast
During Sunday night’s party leader debate on SVT, things got really hot when the center leader Annie Lööf and the Sweden Democrats’ Jimmie Åkesson sought explanations for the problem of men’s violence against women. At the same time, the second part of the debate was marked by the care queues and the time after the […]
Lööf: I feel such contempt
In tonight’s party leader debate on SVT, it was hot when the topic of men’s violence against women came up. When Jimmie Åkesson (SD) reasoned that Sweden “imported” certain values through long-term immigration, Annie Lööf (C) directed harsh criticism at him. “I feel such contempt when I hear your reasoning. Do not let this debate […]
SD wants to limit grants for non-citizens
The Sweden Democrats want only Swedish citizens to be entitled to, for example, child allowance, housing allowance and guarantee pension. It is an important way of valuing the importance of Swedish citizenship, according to the party, which today presented its spring budget motion. “The second part is that it will affect how many people apply […]
Can the Sweden Democrats make a difference?
The Sweden Democrats are preparing to cooperate with a moderate-led government. The problem for SD will not be to agree with M and KD on the political content. Jimmie Åkesson’s problem is rather to show that SD makes some difference in the collaboration. When SD-like parties have co-operated in other Western European countries, they have […]
No concrete government requirements from SD
The Sweden Democrats do not intend to announce whether they want ministerial posts in a possible right-wing government. The party wants influence in relation to its size. Party leader Jimmie Åkesson says that cabinet posts have never been an end in themselves for the party, but it is the focus on politics that is important.
Right now: No concrete government demands from the Sweden Democrats
The Sweden Democrats hold a press conference on the government issue. Makes no concrete demands today but says that Sweden deserves a majority government. Hear party leader Jimmie Åkesson, Henrik Vinge, group leader and Richard Jomshof, party secretary.
VMA in Morjärv in Norrbotten County
Prime Minister Stefan Löfven’s statement that he “never perceived that VPK did not stand up for democracy” has been met with a barrage of criticism from Löfven’s political opponents. The Social Democrats and the Moderates continue to quarrel if it would threaten democratic values to give SD influence over politics. The quarrel has been going […]
Tomas Ramberg: The dream of the alliance resurfacing is not realistic
There is a dream within all the phalanxes of the Liberals to re-establish the bourgeois alliance. The question is whether there are any realistic government alternatives at all for the party. The party board’s majority proposal raises more question marks than it answers – but had it been clearer, it would not have been able […]
The political game
After Trump’s election loss and the storming of the Capitol, one can sense a new wave of criticism of nationalism and right-wing populism. This was not least noticeable in this week’s party leader debate, where both Prime Minister Stefan Löfven and Annie Lööf attacked Jimmie Åkesson. In this week’s episode we immerse ourselves in the […]
Tomas Ramberg: “Trump entered empty parliament”
The government received harsh criticism for its pandemic handling of opposition from both the right and the left, but avoided resignation demands, states Ekot’s political commentator Tomas Ramberg. Donald Trump’s view of democracy was turned against the Sweden Democrats’ leader Jimmie Åkesson. The Liberals took another step to distance themselves from their January friends. With […]
The attack on Kapitolium central in today’s party leader debate
During the party leader debate in the Riksdag, several speakers highlighted the division in the United States and the attack on the Capitol, and they warned of a similar development here with a mixture of facts and lies and undermining of democracy. Sweden Democrats’ Jimmie Åkesson also warned against shutting down votes from social media.
Löfven: “Give welfare peace of mind”
In this year’s first party leader debate, Prime Minister Stefan Löfven urges the parties in the Riksdag to invest in welfare with four proposals: – Refrain from municipal tax cuts that mean that necessary investments are not made, full focus on welfare in budgets at all levels, ensure that the municipalities use the money set […]
Jimmie Åkesson: Trump would be a better president
SD’s party leader Jimmie Åkesson insists that it would have been better for the United States and the Western world if the Republicans had won the election. He condemns Trump’s actions in the riots in Washington. “He lacks many of the qualities we normally consider to belong to humanity.” “Donald Trump’s person is one thing […]
SD wants the Riksdag to act on the issue of oral protection
The Sweden Democrats want the government to give the Swedish Public Health Agency the task of reviewing the general advice on oral protection. Today, the Swedish Public Health Agency does not recommend oral protection to the public. SD leader Jimmie Åkesson says that it is “beyond any doubt” that mouth protection can help curb the […]
M and KD demand information from the government about mouth protection
Both the Moderates and the Christian Democrats now demand that Prime Minister Stefan Löfven explain why Sweden does not recommend that citizens wear mouth guards, in order to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. – The World Health Organization is completely unequivocal in its recommendation, and has become increasingly clear. Most countries use it. In […]
The Liberals demand pub support after the alcohol ban
Following the announcement that restaurants will no longer be allowed to sell alcohol after 10 pm, the Liberals are now demanding that the restaurant industry be compensated. The party can envisage both direct industry support or, for example, a reduction in employer contributions. Liberal Party leader Nyamko Sabuni. – We demand that the government presents […]
SD and KD make additional demands after stopping alcohol
After a party leader meeting tonight due to the corona situation, the Sweden Democrats’ Jimmie Åkesson is calling for more support for the restaurant industry. This is due to the government’s announcement today to stop alcohol sales at the pub from ten o’clock in the evening. An action that Åkesson supports. The Christian Democrats’ party […]
Even SD ready to overthrow the government
Sweden Democrat leader Jimmie Åkesson writes on Twitter that his party will vote to oust the government if such a proposal is submitted to the Riksdag. It is already clear that the Left Party, the Christian Democrats and the Moderates are ready to overthrow the Löfven government if there is a declaration of no confidence.
Støjberg: Sweden has left Denmark in the lurch
Legal spokesman for the Liberal Party and former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Integration and Housing Inger Støjberg met on Monday with the chairman of the Sweden Democrats, Jimmie Åkesson. After the meeting, Inger Støjberg expressed satisfaction that a discussion on immigration, crime and integration is opening up in Sweden. – I am glad that people […]
Kristersson does not want to rule with Åkesson
Ulf Kristersson, party leader for the Moderates, does not intend to give Jimmie Åkesson and the Sweden Democrats ministerial positions in a future bourgeois government. He says this in Ekot’s Saturday interview earlier today: – No, it’s not relevant to me. I will go to the polls to form a government with the Christian Democrats. […]
The opposition is critical of the government’s initiative
The government and the co-operation parties have now agreed to give an additional just under SEK 20 billion to municipalities and regions in the budget for next year. Earlier this year, the government, the Liberals and the Center Party agreed to permanently increase the general state subsidies to the municipalities by SEK 12.5 billion from […]
Jimmie Åkesson strongly critical of the government
On Wednesday, the Sweden Democrats’ party leader Jimmie Åkesson gave his summer speech in his hometown Sölvesborg. Listen to Ekot’s domestic commentator Katarina Helmerson.
