Do conservatism and fascism go hand in hand?

07-10-2022

Opinion

Jakob Hoekman, RD

Thierry Baudet, the foreman of the Dutch populist party Forum for Democracy. Photo Corné van der Horst

Sweden is quite sick of it. Gang violence and difficulties with the integration of newcomers: it should be over, period. A majority of the Swedes voted recently for a totally different political course. On the right, the Sweden Democrats became the largest party. And that is a fundamental shift because no party is more right-wing than the Sweden Democrats in the Nordic country.