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Sweden’s nationalists won major concessions on crime and immigration from the country’s incoming minority government even after failing to secure seats in the cabinet unveiled on Friday.
Ulf Kristersson, the leader of the Moderates and incoming prime minister, said that the coalition taking over from Magdalena Andersson’s Social Democrats will include ministers from his own and two smaller parties, relying on backing from the anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats.
“The government will work closely with Sweden Democrats in parliament,†and the party “will have a coordination office†that will allow its staff to work with government employees, he told reporters in Stockholm.
The announcement caps weeks of negotiations within the four-party constellation that won a majority of seats in parliament in the Sept. 11 election, and is based on an agreement that promises the nationalists, the second-largest political group, considerable political concessions in exchange for their support.
Kristersson managed to hammer out a deal after winning a two-day extension on Wednesday to wrap up the talks.