In Sweden, an influx of 163,000 asylum seekers in 2015 - the most in Europe in relation to the country’s population of 10 million - has polarized voters and fractured the long-standing political consensus. “We will gain huge influence over what happens in Sweden during the coming weeks, months and years,” Akesson told party colleagues. The Alliance will not govern or discuss how to form a government with the Sweden Democrats,” he said. Then it is only natural to work across the political divide to make it possible to govern Sweden,” Lofven said. TT News Agency / Reuters An influx of asylum seekers has polarized Swedish voters and fractured the long-standing political consensus.

Source: Huffington Post September 10, 2018 05:48 UTC