query: what political party is in power in sweden

pos: Politics of Sweden to make it possible to govern even in minority. The unicameral Riksdag has 349 members, popularly elected every 4 years. It is in session generally from September through mid-June. Legislation may be initiated by the Cabinet or by members of the Riksdag. Members are elected on the basis of proportional representation for a four-year term. The Riksdag can alter the Constitution of Sweden, but only with approval by a supermajority and confirmation after the following general elections. The Swedish Social Democratic Party has played a leading political role since 1917, after Reformists confirmed their strength and the revolutionaries left the

pos: Green Party (Sweden) Green Party (Sweden) The Green Party (, literally "Environment Party the Greens", commonly referred to in Swedish as "Miljöpartiet" or MP) is a political party in Sweden based on green politics. The party was founded in 1981, emerging out of a sense of discontent with the existing parties' environmental policies, and sparked by the anti-nuclear power movement following the 1980 nuclear power referendum. The party's breakthrough would come in the 1988 general election when they won seats in the Swedish Riksdag for the first time, capturing 5.5 percent of the vote, and becoming the first new party to enter parliament

pos: Left Party (Sweden) Union is eurosceptic. During its history, there has been several splits of various significance: Percentage of votes by year: Left Party (Sweden) The Left Party (, V) is a socialist and feminist political party in Sweden. The party originated as a split from the Swedish Social Democratic Party in 1917, as the Swedish Social Democratic Left Party ("Sveriges socialdemokratiska vänsterparti", SSV), and became the Communist Party of Sweden in 1921. In 1967, the party was renamed Left Party - the Communists; it adopted its current name in 1990. The party has never been part of a government at the national

pos: Media of Sweden the three major cities: The Voice (SBS) and NRJ (MTG). Media in Sweden is being biased towards the political left. The Department of Journalism and Mass Communication (JMG) at Gothenburg University has conducted yearly surveys regarding their political party sympathies among the members of the Swedish Union of Journalists (), the largest trade union organizing journalists in Sweden. A survey, conducted in late 1999, has shown a significant higher percentage of support for the centre-left political parties (mainly the Left Party and the Green Party) compared to these parties' support amongst the general Swedish population. 31 percent of the journalists

pos: Swedish Social Democratic Party Swedish Social Democratic Party The Swedish Social Democratic Party (, SAP; literally, "Social Democratic Workers' Party of Sweden"), contesting elections as the "Arbetarepartiet–Socialdemokraterna" ('The Workers' Party – The Social Democrats'), usually referred to just as the 'Social Democrats' ("Socialdemokraterna"); is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden. The current party leader since 2012 is Stefan Löfven; he has also been Prime Minister of Sweden since 2014. Founded in 1889, a schism occurred in 1917 when the left socialists split from the Social Democrats to form the Swedish Social Democratic Left Party (later the Communist Party of Sweden and now

pos: Left Party (Sweden) Left Party (Sweden) The Left Party (, V) is a socialist and feminist political party in Sweden. The party originated as a split from the Swedish Social Democratic Party in 1917, as the Swedish Social Democratic Left Party ("Sveriges socialdemokratiska vänsterparti", SSV), and became the Communist Party of Sweden in 1921. In 1967, the party was renamed Left Party - the Communists; it adopted its current name in 1990. The party has never been part of a government at the national level. On economic issues, the party opposes privatizations. Moreover, the party was against accession to the European Union, and

pos: Red-Greens (Sweden) Red-Greens (Sweden) The Red-Greens () is an umbrella term which refers to the three left-wing political parties of Sweden; the Social Democrats, the Left Party and the Green Party. The term 'red-greens' originates from the launch of a left-wing political and electoral alliance between the parties on 7 December 2008. This alliance, which was largely based on the Norwegian Red-Green Coalition, consisted of the Social Democrats, the Green Party and the Left Party which were in opposition to the centre-right Alliance coalition government. The three component parties of the Red-Greens, which faced the voters as three separate parties in the

pos: Popular Democrats (Sweden) Popular Democrats (Sweden) Popular Democrats () is a small political party in Sweden. It was founded in 1991 by a group dissatisfied with the right wing turn of the Swedish Social Democratic Party. The party opposes EU membership. It is unclear whether the party is still active, but it is still registered with the electoral authorities. The party is led by John Andersson in Ronneby. The party has contested the elections to the national parliament (2002: 12 votes, 1998: 109 votes, 1994: 1 vote). In 1998 it contested municipal elections in Fagersta 0.22% (18 votes, 0 seats), Arvika 0.18% (28

pos: Popular Democrats (Sweden) votes, 0 seats), Ronneby 0.17% (32 votes, 0 seats) and Uppsala 0.01% (12 votes, 0 seats). Members of "Folkdemokraterna" used to have contacts with the Swedish affiliate of the Lambertist ILCWI. Popular Democrats (Sweden) Popular Democrats () is a small political party in Sweden. It was founded in 1991 by a group dissatisfied with the right wing turn of the Swedish Social Democratic Party. The party opposes EU membership. It is unclear whether the party is still active, but it is still registered with the electoral authorities. The party is led by John Andersson in Ronneby. The party has contested

pos: Swedish Social Democratic Party also abstained while the Sweden Democrats voted against. The party was a member of the Labour and Socialist International between 1923 and 1940. The current-day party is a member of the Progressive Alliance, the Party of European Socialists and SAMAK. The party was a member of the Socialist International until March 2017. Swedish Social Democratic Party The Swedish Social Democratic Party (, SAP; literally, "Social Democratic Workers' Party of Sweden"), contesting elections as the "Arbetarepartiet–Socialdemokraterna" ('The Workers' Party – The Social Democrats'), usually referred to just as the 'Social Democrats' ("Socialdemokraterna"); is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden.

pos: Green Party (Sweden) example concerning education. Co-operation with the Moderate Party on the municipal level are relatively frequent. In the latest elections to the European Parliament, in May 2014, the Swedish Green Party obtained 15.4 %. Jakop Dalunde, Bodil Valero(formerly Bodil Ceballos), Max Andersson and Linnea Engström are the Swedish members of the Green Group in Brussels and Strasbourg. Green Party (Sweden) The Green Party (, literally "Environment Party the Greens", commonly referred to in Swedish as "Miljöpartiet" or MP) is a political party in Sweden based on green politics. The party was founded in 1981, emerging out of a sense of discontent

pos: 1994 Swedish general election 1994 Swedish general election General elections were held in Sweden on 18 September 1994. The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party in the Riksdag, winning 161 of the 349 seats. Led by Ingvar Carlsson, the party returned to power and formed a minority government after the election. The Greens also returned to the Riksdag after a three-year absence. The Moderates slightly improved on their 1991 performance, but the Centre Party, the Liberals and the Christian Democrats all fared poorly, the latter barely holding on to their parliamentary representation. New Democracy, a right-wing populist political party which had entered

pos: Pirate Party (Sweden) with all mainstream parties. The party originally stayed neutral on other matters, but started broadening into other political areas in 2012. The Pirate Party participated in the 2006 Riksdag elections and gained 0.63% of the votes, making them the third largest party outside parliament. In terms of membership, it passed the Green Party in December 2008, the Left Party in February 2009, the Liberal People's Party and the Christian Democrats in April 2009, and the Centre Party in May 2009, making it, for the time being, the third largest political party in Sweden by membership. The Pirate Party's associated youth

pos: Kanslihushögern Eklund. "Kanslihushögern" was an important part of the then ongoing "Wars of the Roses" within the Swedish Social Democratic Party. It was a long ideological power struggle between the party's left- and right-wings. Kanslihushögern Kanslihushögern ("English:" "The Chancellery Office Right") is a political concept in Sweden that originated during the 1980s in the so-called "right-wing" of the Swedish Social Democratic Party and was strongly represented in the Cabinet Office and the Ministry of Finance during this time. "Kanslihushögern" advocated the Nordic model, with increased emphasis on markets, called the "Third Way Policy". Members of this Social Democratic policy-making set claimed

pos: 2022 Swedish general election 2022 Swedish general election <noinclude> General elections will be held in Sweden on 11 September 2022 to elect the 349 members of the Riksdag. They in turn will elect the Prime Minister of Sweden. regional and municipal elections will also be held on the same day. The Social Democratic Party (S; "Socialdemokraterna") is the largest political party in the Swedish Riksdag, with 100 of the 349 seats. It is the dominant party in the incumbent Löfven Cabinet, ruling in coalition with the Green Party. Its current leader Stefan Löfven has been Prime Minister of Sweden since 3 October 2014, and

pos: Red-Greens (Sweden) the Green Party in order to form a coalition. They sought support from the Left Party, reviving the alliance between the Social Democrats and The Greens. A minority government, the coalition which only held 138 out of 349 seats depended on the support from the Left Party and the opposing Alliance parties. The Red-Greens participated together in 2018 election, receiving 144 seats. This is the worst result of the left-wing parties since 1914. Red-Greens (Sweden) The Red-Greens () is an umbrella term which refers to the three left-wing political parties of Sweden; the Social Democrats, the Left Party and the

neg: Christian Democrats (Sweden) of the 1980s, the party revamped its entire political manifesto. The party abandoned its conservative stance on abortion and instead assumed a moderate pro-choice stance and adopted a plank to work to lower the total number of abortions in Sweden through encouragement of individual voluntary measures instead. In the 1980 nuclear power referendums the party supported the "no" campaign, which meant opposing any further construction of new nuclear power-plants in Sweden and advocating the phasing-out of all nuclear power plants in Sweden within 10 years, together with increased investments in alternative energy. In 1982 the Christian Democratic Women's league was

neg: Hybridization in political election campaign communication diffusion of campaign and marketing techniques based upon a two-party system and candidate centered”. Second the Swedish media structure is still politics-friendly and much time and space during election time is spend on more substantial political coverage than on power plays or scandals. As a last reason Nord names the political culture of Sweden where “political parties still thrive on party platforms and manifestos in their campaign activities, while they officially play down political marketing practices” because most of the members and voters expect that. In his conclusion Nord characterizes the hybridization of political communication practices in Sweden by a

neg: Pirate Party (Sweden) was until 18 May 2010, when the Pirate Party became The Pirate Bay's ISP in response to an injunction that temporarily shut down access to The Pirate Bay, with the Pirate Party stating that "It is time to take the bull by the horns and stand up for what we believe is a legitimate activity." Pirate Party (Sweden) The Pirate Party () is a political party in Sweden founded in 2006. Its sudden popularity has given rise to parties with the same name and similar goals in Europe and worldwide, forming the International Pirate Party movement. The Pirate Party was

neg: Socialist Party (Sweden, 1971) ("Kommunistiska Arbetarförbundet"). In 1982 the party adopted its current name. In the early 1990s, the party suffered a small split that went on to form the Swedish section of the Pathfinder tendency. In 1994, a smaller group left the SP to form a Swedish section of what is now the League for the Fifth International, Arbetarmakt. The party publishes the weekly paper "Internationalen". The party is currently not represented in local authorities. Socialist Party (Sweden, 1971) The Socialistiska Partiet () is a Swedish Trotskyist political party, the Swedish section of the Fourth International. The party was formed at a congress

neg: Holstein Party which destroyed the power base of Charles Frederick in Russia and forced him to leave for Holstein. Holstein Party The Holstein Party (Swedish: "Holsteinska partiet"), was the name of a political group in 18th-century Sweden which played a significant role in politics after the death of Charles XII of Sweden in 1718 and until 1727. The party was created in 1718 of those who favored Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, son of Charles XII’s elder sister Hedvig Sophia of Sweden, as heir to the throne before that of Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden. The party lost to the followers of

neg: National Democrats (Sweden) party was Marc Abramsson. On 2 February 2008, the old party logo consisting of a blue and yellow sail was replaced with an orange cloudberry flower. ND's ideology was described as xenophobic and/or racist. The party rejected these descriptions. The party was critical of United States foreign policy and of NATO. The party also opposed what it called the "imperialist occupations of Serbia, Palestine, Iraq and Afghanistan." National Democrats (Sweden) The National Democrats ("Nationaldemokraterna", "ND") was a minor political party in Sweden, formed by a radical faction of the Sweden Democrats in October 2001. The party described itself as a

neg: 2014 Swedish general election Election days were moved from the third Sunday of September to the second Sunday of the same month. Another change was that the incumbent Prime Minister of Sweden, should he or she not resign immediately after the election, must be approved by the new Riksdag. The Social Democratic Party (S; Socialdemokraterna) was the largest political party in the Swedish Riksdag with 112 of the 349 seats. The Social Democratic Party had led a single-party government from 1994 to 2006, and had been the major political power of Sweden for much of the 20th century. For the 2010 general election the

neg: Lennart Daléus being active in a political party. He also criticised the party for its decreased interest in environmental issues. Lennart Daléus Lennart Daléus (born 25 June 1946) is a Swedish politician, who was the leader of the Swedish Centre Party from 1998 to 2001. Born in Stockholm, Daléus was the leader of the Option 3 campaign for the 1980 referendum on nuclear power in Sweden. Following his stint as Centre Party leader, he was the general secretary of Greenpeace Sweden and the CEO of Greenpeace Scandinavia from 2002 until August 2008. In 2006 he disclosed that he was no longer a

neg: Hats (party) Hats (party) The Hats () were a Swedish political faction active during the Age of Liberty (1719–1772). Their name derives from the tricorne hat worn by officers and gentlemen. They vied for power with the opposing Caps party. The Hats, who ruled Sweden from 1738 to 1765, advocated an alliance with France and an assertive foreign policy, especially towards Russia. During their tenure, they involved Sweden in two expensive and disastrous wars, in the 1740s and 1750s. Count Arvid Horn, leader of the Caps, had governed Sweden since 1719. Following Sweden's defeat in the Great Northern War, he had reversed

neg: Nuclear power in Sweden major change in public opinion. According to a poll of January 2008, 48% of Swedes were in favour of building new nuclear reactors, 39% were opposed and 13% were undecided. However, the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan reversed prior support of nuclear power, with polls showing that 64% of Swedes opposed new reactors while 27% supported them. Prior public support for nuclear power stood in contrast to the stances of the major political parties in Sweden, the only one of which in favour of building new reactors is the Liberal party. As a consequence of the debate following

neg: National Socialist Workers' Party (Sweden) was one of the earliest to claim that no Holocaust happened, as soon as in May 1945 in "Den Svenske Folksocialisten". National Socialist Workers' Party (Sweden) Nationalsocialistiska Arbetarpartiet () was a Swedish political party which initially espoused Nazism before adopting a more indigenous form of Fascism. The party was formed in 1933 by Sven Olof Lindholm after he split from the Swedish National Socialist Party, following a series of clashes over policy and personality. The party initially acted as a simple mirror of the National Socialist German Workers Party, with the party newspaper "Den Svenske Nationalsocialisten" repeating what was being

neg: National Socialist Workers' Party (Sweden) National Socialist Workers' Party (Sweden) Nationalsocialistiska Arbetarpartiet () was a Swedish political party which initially espoused Nazism before adopting a more indigenous form of Fascism. The party was formed in 1933 by Sven Olof Lindholm after he split from the Swedish National Socialist Party, following a series of clashes over policy and personality. The party initially acted as a simple mirror of the National Socialist German Workers Party, with the party newspaper "Den Svenske Nationalsocialisten" repeating what was being said in Nazi Germany and the "Nordisk Ungdom" (Nordic Youth) group serving as a replica of the Hitler Youth (albeit on

neg: Liberals (Sweden) Liberals (Sweden) The Liberals (, L) is a liberal and social-liberal political party in Sweden. It was a part of the Alliance centre-right coalition government led by Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt from 2006 to 2014. The party is the seventh-largest party in the Swedish Riksdag. Until 22 November 2015 it was known as the Liberal People's Party ("Folkpartiet liberalerna"). The party is a member of the Liberal International and Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. While the party historically was positioned in the centre of the Swedish political landscape, willing to cooperate with both the political left and the

neg: Johan Castberg formally adopted in 1911), but this organization was not an independent political party; rather it had loose ties to the Liberal Party. His power base being the workers' societies, Castberg was among the most radical members of the Liberal Party parliamentary group. In 1901 he founded a parliamentary caucus called "Demokratisk reformgruppe. He was re-elected for the term 1904–1906. During this time the union between Sweden and Norway was the fundamental question. The 1903 election had seen a new party, the Union Party emerge. Their platform being based on promises of negotiations with Sweden concerning Norwegian rights to consulates, they

neg: Group 8 (Sweden) framework and rules for the resolution of conflict. The local government gives power to executive committees to govern at a community level. This distinguishes Swedish politics as well as their low level of political activism, with the exception of voting. Swedish officials are typically suspicious of women's groups that do exist in Sweden; this is primarily due to the structure of the women's organizations being more traditional rather than "liberationists.". Because the government model emphasizes consensus, minorities typically have difficulty developing and implementing movements for their cause. However, in 2005, a feminist political party (Feminist Initiative) was formed and eventually

neg: Realigning election issues, party leaders, the regional and demographic bases of power of the two parties, and structure or rules of the political system (such as voter eligibility or financing), resulting in a new political power structure that lasts for decades. Realigning elections typically separate (what are known in the field of comparative politics as) Party Systems—with 1828, for example, separating the First Party System and the Second Party System in the U.S. Political realignments can be sudden (1–4 years) or can take place more gradually (5–20 years). Most often, however, particularly in V. O. Key, Jr.'s (1955) original hypothesis, it is

neg: Enhet (political party) Enhet (political party) Enhet ("unity") is a small political party in Sweden. The party was founded on 6 April 1990. The party started with some influences from New Age and spirituality, but is nowadays a political party mostly focused on alternative economics, with basic income as a core idea. The party has taken part in every national election in Sweden since 1991, mostly with limited success. The election 2014 was the best so far, with 0.1 percent of the total votes. Starting as a smaller movement in April 1990, on the initiative of Ulf Wåhlström, Enhet then turned into a

neg: Hats (party) Gustav III carried out a "coup d'etat" in 1772 and moved towards an absolute monarchy. During the political upheavals of the ensuing decades, both Hats and Caps disappeared as political forces. These representatives of the Hats were elected as Lantmarskalk (speaker) of the Riksdag of the Estates, signifying a parliamentary majority. Hats (party) The Hats () were a Swedish political faction active during the Age of Liberty (1719–1772). Their name derives from the tricorne hat worn by officers and gentlemen. They vied for power with the opposing Caps party. The Hats, who ruled Sweden from 1738 to 1765, advocated an

neg: Pirate Party (Sweden) Pirate Party (Sweden) The Pirate Party () is a political party in Sweden founded in 2006. Its sudden popularity has given rise to parties with the same name and similar goals in Europe and worldwide, forming the International Pirate Party movement. The Pirate Party was initially formed to reform laws regarding copyright and patents. The party agenda includes support for strengthening the individual's right to privacy, both on the Internet and in everyday life, and the transparency of state administration. The Pirate Party has intentionally chosen to be bloc independent of the traditional left-right scale to pursue their political agenda

neg: Power (social and political) entities and the environment. In business, the ethical instrumentality of power is achievement, and as such it is a zero-sum game. In simple terms it can be expressed as being "upward" or "downward". With downward power, a company's superior influences subordinates for attaining organizational goals. When a company exerts upward power, it is the subordinates who influence the decisions of their leader or leaders. The use of power need not involve force or the threat of force (coercion). On one side, it closely resembles what egalitarian and consensual nations (Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden) might term as "influence," contrasted with the

neg: Fredrik Reinfeldt that, if put into power, the conservatives would tamper with Sweden's successful formula of high taxes, a large public sector and generous benefits. There was also some criticism within the party; former Moderate Youth League chairman Christofer Fjellner called Reinfeldt's political reform "leftist rhetoric" (). In the run-up to the general election of 2006, Reinfeldt, as leader of the Moderate Party, participated in the creation of the Alliance for Sweden. It united the centre-right in a coalition of the Moderate Party, the Centre Party, the Liberal People's Party and the Christian Democrats. Reinfeldt is said to have been instrumental in

neg: Communist Party of Sweden (1995) bankrupt by state authorities, the first political party in Sweden to suffer that fate. Directly after the bankruptcy of APK, the core around Hagel regrouped and reconstituted their party as Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti (Communist Party of Sweden). In 2000 SKU was reorganized as the party youth league. The party participates in elections under the moniker "Kommunisterna" (The Communists). The party was represented in a kommun council until 2013 when their representatives were expelled from the party. Riktpunkt Communist Party of Sweden (1995) The Communist Party of Sweden () is the continuation of Workers' Party – The Communists (, APK). The

neg: Nuclear power in Sweden incident at Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant, in which two out of four emergency power generators failed causing a power shortage. It was classified as a grade 2 incident in the IAEA INES scale, due to the degradation of defence-in-depth. In 2006 the Centre Party of Sweden, an opposition party that supported the phase-out, announced that it is dropping its opposition to nuclear power, at least for the time being, claiming that it is unrealistic to expect the phase-out in the short term. It said it would now support the stance of the other opposition parties in Alliance for Sweden, which

neg: Claude Lefort a double "fence": Totalitarianism abolishes the separation between state and society: the political power permeats society, and all preexisting human relations – class solidarity, professional or religious cooperations – tend to be replaced with a one-dimensional hierarchy between those who order and those who obey. This is made possible especially through the association between state and the party hierarchy which is always very close, so that the party hierarchy becomes the effective power. Lefort, like other theorists, thus identifies the destruction of public space and its fusion with the political power as a key element of totalitarianism. Totalitarianism denies what

neg: Libertas Sweden Libertas Sweden Libertas Sweden () is a political party in Sweden. It intended to contend the 2009 European Parliament elections under a common banner with Declan Ganley's Libertas.eu. On 26 February 2009, Libertas announced that it wanted to open a branch in Sweden and appealed for the 1500 signatures required to register as a political party in Sweden. The results were submitted to the "Valmyndigheten" (the Swedish Election Authority) 58 minutes before the deadline expired. The results were not submitted as a list of signatures: instead, a document from a Notary Public certifying that the signatures existed was submitted in

neg: Political positions of Donald Trump authoritarian" analogous to European parties such as the Swiss People's Party, Austrian Freedom Party, Swedish Democrats, and Danish People's Party. Columnist Walter Shapiro and political commentator Jonathan Chait describe Trump as authoritarian. Conservative commentator Mary Katharine Ham characterized Trump as a "casual authoritarian," saying "he is a candidate who has happily and proudly spurned the entire idea of limits on his power as an executive and doesn't have any interest in the Constitution and what it allows him to do and what does not allow him to do. That is concerning for people who are interested in limited government." Charles

neg: E-democracy On-Line, an Australian political party established in 2007, proposes to institute an EDD system so that Australians can decide which way the senators vote on each and every bill. A similar initiative was formed 2002 in Sweden where the party Direktdemokraterna, running for the Swedish parliament, offers its members the power to decide the actions of the party over all or some areas of decision, or to use a proxy with immediate recall for one or several areas. The first mainstream direct democracy party to be registered with any country's electoral commission [checked against each country's register] is the UK's

neg: Demoex will vote according to what the citizenry decides online. Internet Party in Spain. Sanjska služba in Slovenia. Since 2011, similar initiatives are working together as E2D. Demoex Demoex, an appellation short for "democracy experiment", is a local Swedish political party and an experiment with direct democracy in Vallentuna, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden. It uses the Internet to make it possible for any member to participate in the local government. Demoex has a representative in the municipal council, who votes in the council according to a poll that is held beforehand on the website of the party. This is unlike

neg: Alternative for Sweden described the party as social conservative and far-right. The ideology of the party has also been described as close to the identitarian movement. Alternative for Sweden Alternative for Sweden () is a political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 2017 by members of the Sweden Democrat Youth, who were collectively expelled from the Sweden Democrats in 2015. It advocates repatriation of immigrants, non-interventionism, Swedish withdrawal from the European Union, a flat tax system, opposition to NATO, and improved animal rights, among other things. It is led by Gustav Kasselstrand and, according to him, draws inspiration from Alternative for

neg: Sweden Democrats Sweden Democrats Sweden Democrats or Swedish Democrats (, SD) is a social conservative and right-wing populist political party in Sweden, founded in 1988. The party describes itself as social conservative with a nationalist foundation. The party has been described by others as far-right, national-conservative, and anti-immigration. Jimmie Åkesson has been party leader since 2005. The party has its roots in Swedish fascism and was primarily a white nationalist movement through the early-1990s, when it first began distancing itself from its past. Today, the Sweden Democrats officially reject both fascism and Nazism. The Sweden Democrats crossed the 4% threshold necessary for

neg: Energy in Sweden support 25 TWh of new renewable electricity generation by 2020. In June 2016, the Swedish center-left minority coalition government reached a cross-party energy deal with three opposition parties (the Moderate Party, Centre Party (Sweden), and Christian Democrats (Sweden)), with the agreement targeting 100% renewable electricity production by 2040. In 2013 renewable energy investment was more than US$1 billion in Sweden. Wind power accounted for 10% of the electricity generated in Sweden in 2015, up from 5% in 2012 and 2.4% in 2010. Sweden has wind power potential of 510 TWh/a at land and 46 TWh/a at sea. Consumption was 140

neg: Honório Hermeto Carneiro Leão, Marquis of Paraná was disheartened with what he saw in Pernambuco, a province far away from the imperial capital, but one of the most important in the country. Local political bosses were aligned with the Party of Order or the Liberal Party, but these were mostly nominal affiliations. Local oligarchs had vied among themselves for centuries over power. To them, political principles, such as those preached by the national leaders of the Party of Order, meant little or nothing. Their political ambitions focused on patronage and the annihilation of their local rivals. Honório Hermeto found himself embroiled in an ongoing power struggle between

neg: Politics of Sweden Politics of Sweden Politics of Sweden takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic constitutional monarchy. Executive power is exercised by the government, led by the Prime Minister of Sweden. Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament, elected within a multi-party system. The Judiciary is independent, appointed by the government and employed until retirement. Sweden is a monarchy. Sweden has a typical Western European history of democracy, beginning with the old Viking age Ting electing kings, ending with a regular royal power in the 14th century, that in periods became more or less democratic depending

neg: Health Care Party as the health care parties in Värmland, Västra Götaland and Jämtland. The party wants to invest 35 billion Swedish kronor more in healthcare with the aim of spending 10% of Sweden's gross national product on healthcare. The party also wants more private involvement in the state healthcare system and wants to reduce the overall rate of tax. Social welfare in Sweden Health Care Party The Health Care Party (, SVP) is a political party in Sweden that concentrates on healthcare issues. It regards itself as cross-political single-issue party. The party is constituted by six regional parties; Five of these parties

neg: Alternative for Sweden Alternative for Sweden Alternative for Sweden () is a political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 2017 by members of the Sweden Democrat Youth, who were collectively expelled from the Sweden Democrats in 2015. It advocates repatriation of immigrants, non-interventionism, Swedish withdrawal from the European Union, a flat tax system, opposition to NATO, and improved animal rights, among other things. It is led by Gustav Kasselstrand and, according to him, draws inspiration from Alternative for Germany, the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) and the French National Rally. AfS ran in the Swedish general election in 2018, but failed

neg: Centre Party (Sweden) Centre Party (Sweden) The Centre Party (, abbreviated "C") is a liberal and agrarian political party in Sweden. Traditionally part of the Nordic agrarian family, the party while being seen as a broad liberal church has increasingly shifted its focus towards free market economics, environmental protection, gender equality and decentralisation of governmental authority. The Centre Party is a member of the centre-right coalition the Alliance with the Moderate Party, Liberal Party and the Christian Democrats. The party's major issues are national economy, environment and integration and it is represented in all of the Riksdags parliamentary committees. The party was founded

neg: Carl Gustaf Ekman opposed to prohibition had departed to form the Liberal Party of Sweden. As party leader he worked to strengthen the party's influence by cooperating with both the right and left. His strategy for power was based on controlling the political center in order to 'control the game', this being predicated upon no one bloc having a clear majority in the Riksdag. After Sandler's fall from power in 1926, Ekman became Prime Minister for the first time. He was able to play the right off against the left by appealing to both and by doing so he became more successful than

neg: Moderate Party levels of taxation and a defender of private ownership from, what the party saw as, the growing tendencies of state centralization. The party had significant success in the elections during the 1950s and became the largest party of the opposition in 1958. But the next decade brought changes to the political climate of Sweden. The election of 1968 gave the Social Democrats an absolute majority in the parliament and reduced the Rightist Party to become the smallest party of opposition. The party was increasingly seen as extremist, and in hopes of changing its image, it changed its name to the

neg: Left Party (Sweden) memorial function, which was addressed by C.-H. Hermansson. When the Hungarian revolt broke out in 1956, internal party debate surged on what stand the party should take. In the end, the party leadership chose to support the official Soviet line. In 1961, leading party members founded the travel agency Folkturist, which specialized in tours to Eastern Europe. In 1964, C.-H. Hermansson was elected party chairman. Hermansson came from an academic background, unlike previous party leaders. Hermansson initiated a change in the political direction of the party towards Eurocommunism and Nordic Popular socialism. Ahead of the 1967 party congress, a heated

neg: National Socialist People's Party of Sweden party changed its name to National Socialist People's Party of Sweden ("Sveriges Nationalsocialistiska Folkparti"). In 1930, the party merged with the Swedish National Socialist Peasants and Workers Party. Later the same year, it merged with the New Swedish People's League, forming the Swedish National Socialist Party. National Socialist People's Party of Sweden Fascist People's Party of Sweden (in Swedish: "Sveriges Fascistiska Folkparti") was a national socialist political party in Sweden. It was founded on September 3, 1926, by a circle around the publication "Nationen". Its cadre was made up of members of the Fascist Struggle Organisation of Sweden. Konrad Hallgren,

neg: Centre Party (Sweden) Executive Board and represents the party on media, in public, and with other parties. Often, the party leader has held an important cabinet protfolio when the party has been part of a coalition. The most famous leader of the Centre Party is Thorbjörn Fälldin, Sweden's Prime Minister in the later 70's and early 80's. The Centre Party also had the first female leader of a party in the Riksdag in Sweden, Karin Söder, who also was Sweden's first female Minister for Foreign Affairs. Centre Party (Sweden) The Centre Party (, abbreviated "C") is a liberal and agrarian political party in

neg: Zimbabwe Republic Police alleged political bias and what is claimed to be its part in what many describe as a systematic violation of [[civil rights|rights]] to [[freedom of expression]], [[freedom of association|association]] and [[freedom of assembly|assembly]]. The then Commissioner of the ZRP, Augustine Chihuri, was open about his political loyalty to President [[Robert Mugabe]]'s administration, saying in 2001 "Many people say I am ZANU-PF. Today, I would like to make it public that I support ZANU-PF because it is the ruling party. If any other party comes to power, I will resign and let those who support it take over". Police corruption was

neg: Swedish–Cuban Association The Swedish–Cuban Association publishes the paper "Kuba" whose editor and responsible publisher is Eva Björklund, alternate national board member of the Swedish Left Party. Several other conductive members of the Left Party are current or former members of the organization, among them the party leader Lars Ohly. He declared in September 2005 that he was leaving the association, saying that he was not interested in being a lasting member in an organization which "slavishly follows what the Cuban regime says". Swedish–Cuban Association The Swedish–Cuban Association () is a Swedish-based organization supporting strengthened political ties between Sweden and Cuba. The Swedish–Cuban

neg: People's Democratic Party (United Kingdom) People's Democratic Party (United Kingdom) The People's Democratic Party of Great Britain (PDP) is a minor centrist/centre-right and secular political party in the United Kingdom. It advocates giving democratic power back to "ordinary people" and away from the traditional larger three political parties of the United Kingdom. It also supports equality of opportunity, meritocracy, aspiration, localism, social justice, free quality state education and the National Health Service. The party was founded in July 2012 by Lee Robert Holmes, who was a local candidate for the Conservatives and campaigner against the Iraq War. The party was created in response to what

neg: Workers' Party (Sweden) Workers' Party (Sweden) The Workers' Party ("Arbetarpartiet") is a Socialist political party in Sweden. It was founded in 2010, when almost the entire Västerbotten County section of the Socialist Justice Party (RS) broke off ahead of the 2010 general election. It adopted the name "Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna enhetslista för jobb - mot nedskärningar" (Socialist Justice Party Unity list for jobs - against cutbacks) for its party list. In early 2011, it was renamed the Workers' Party. It currently holds two seats in the municipal assembly of Umeå (since 2014). The Workers' Party publishes the New Workers' Journal "(Nya Arbetartidningen)". The party

neg: Socialist Party (Sweden, 1929) Socialist Party (Sweden, 1929) The Socialist Party (), was a political party in Sweden active from 1929 to 1948. Led by Karl Kilbom and Nils Flyg, the party was founded in 1929 as a splinter group of the Communist Party of Sweden. Until 1934, the splinter group used the same name Communist Party of Sweden (), so in order to keep the two factions apart, this faction was generally known as "Kilbommare" ("Kilbomians") while those who stayed in the old party were known as "Sillénare" ("Sillénians", after their leader Hugo Sillén). In the split, the entire communist parliamentary group, the

neg: History of Sweden effectively with the challenges of industrialization and its impact on Swedish social, political, and economic structures, Swedish social democrats were able to create one of the most successful social democratic systems in the world, including both a welfare state and extensive protections of civil liberties. When the Social Democratic Party came into power in 1932, its leaders introduced a new political decision-making process, which later became known as "the Swedish model" or the "Folkhemmet" ("The People's Home"). The party took a central role, but tried as far as possible to base its policy on mutual understanding and compromise. Different interest

neg: Sweden Democrats weddings should be decided by each religious institution. Although SDstrongly criticizes what it calls a "Homosex Lobby", the party claims that it is not hostile to homosexuals. Furthermore, party leader Jimmie Åkesson expressed concern that what he describes as Islamization of Sweden will eventually lead to the rights of sexual minorities being violated. Published by SD Party secretary Björn Söder on 1 August 2007, a blog article titled "Botten måste snart vara nådd" (Soon enough we'll hit rock bottom) led to intense debate and criticism. The party argues that other countries should reduce their emissions instead of Sweden which they

neg: Jiang Zemin The fact that Jiang rose to power as the direct beneficiary of the political aftermath of Tiananmen has shaped the perception of Jiang in the eyes of many. Following the Tiananmen protests, Jiang threw his support behind elder Chen Yun's conservative economic policies, but subsequently changed his allegiance to Deng Xiaoping's reform-oriented agenda following the latter's "Southern Tour". This shift was not only seen as the exercise of a political opportunist, it also sowed confusion among party loyalists in regards to what direction the party was headed or what the party truly believed in. While continued economic reforms resulted in

neg: Party finance in Sweden Party finance in Sweden Since the 1970s party finance in Sweden on all levels of the political system depends heavily on public subsidies With an estimated SEK 146 (more than $17) per voter a year the spending level is among the highest in the world of established democracies. Public subsidies are the major source of party funds in Sweden. At the national level they provide 80 to 90 per cent of the major parties' annual revenue. With all Swedish parties "annual routine spending is far more important than extra campaign expenses". As a consequence of the preservation of internal autonomy

neg: Monarchist Party power in the modern Russian Federation and in the former Soviet Union to be the result of the reconstruction of an ancient pagan cult, and monarchy gives them the only constructive direction for Russian politics to move in. In Bakov's words, the work on this book, where they were studying the nature of power and summarizing their political experience, led them to these conclusions and resulted in the creation of the party. Bakov describes the party as being different from other parties because: "The fundamental characteristic of the Monarchist Party -what makes us different from all others - is that

neg: Social Democratic Left Party of Sweden (1921) merged with the Social Democrats. "Västerbottens Folkblad", a newspaper published in Umeå, was then a publication of this tendency. Today it is a social democratic magazine. Social Democratic Left Party of Sweden (1921) Social Democratic Left Party of Sweden (, SSV) was a political party formed in 1921 after a split from the original SSV. When the original SSV approved the 21 theses of the Communist International and in so doing changed its name to SKP (Communist Party of Sweden) in 1921, an anti-ComIntern minority was expelled and founded its own "SSV". This "SSV" existed between 1921 and 1923. The

neg: Liberals (Sweden) MEPs sit with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) parliamentary group. Liberals (Sweden) The Liberals (, L) is a liberal and social-liberal political party in Sweden. It was a part of the Alliance centre-right coalition government led by Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt from 2006 to 2014. The party is the seventh-largest party in the Swedish Riksdag. Until 22 November 2015 it was known as the Liberal People's Party ("Folkpartiet liberalerna"). The party is a member of the Liberal International and Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. While the party historically was positioned in the centre of

neg: Laholm Party Åkesson's seat in the council was taken over by Bertil Johansson. In the 2006 municipal elections the party got 647 votes (4.6%) and two seats. After the 2006 elections the party entered into cooperation with the Sweden Democrats regarding distribution of committee seats. Svend Nielsen left the party in November 2006. Laholm Party Laholm Party () a local political party in Laholm, Sweden. LP is one of many local parties that surged after the downfall of New Democracy. LP was founded in 2002 by Elver Åkesson, the last person in Sweden to be elected as a municipal councillor of behalf

neg: Pirate Party (Sweden) – and was the third largest political party in Sweden by member count. Pirate Party's youth organisation, Young Pirate, had more than 21,800 members, making it the largest political youth organisation in Sweden. Since 17 April 2009, the party had more than tripled in size. Large increases in membership were associated with the controversial legislative change regulating signals intelligence, IPRED law regarding copyright holder access to ISP subscriber information and the trial against The Pirate Bay. On 17 April 2009 the court reached a guilty verdict in the Pirate Bay trial and on the same day the Pirate Party gained

neg: Podemos (Brazil) is part of a society that today is mobilized through causes related to people's daily life, contrary to what they consider as stagnant political parties in outmoded models that seek only to remain in power. Podemos arose in a historical context in which the vast majority of Brazilians have no party preference and do not believe in the old political parties and the old politics. After the JBS plea bargain, Podemos was the first party to leave the allied base of the Michel Temer government on 18 May 2017, also leaving the party bloc of which it integrated alongside Progressive

neg: Communist Party (Sweden) elections in 18 municipalities, which is the largest number of municipalities so far. Its electoral results have fluctuated over time, with high results in various cities during the late 1990s (second-largest party in Karlshamn, for example). In the three most recent elections, the party has lost ground electorally. Communist Party (Sweden) Communist Party () is a Marxist-Leninist political party in Sweden, started in 1970. From 1970 to 1977 it was known as "Kommunistiska Förbundet Marxist-Leninisterna (revolutionärerna)", abbreviated KFML(r) (The Communist League Marxist-Leninists (the revolutionaries)), and from 1977 to 2004 it was named "Kommunistiska Partiet Marxist-Leninisterna (revolutionärerna)", abbreviated KPML(r) (The Communist

neg: Political machine Ohio, in the post–Cold War Era under Prosecutor Bill Mason's "Good Old Boys" and especially communities in the Deep South, where small-town machine politics are relatively common, also feature what might be classified as political machines, although these organizations do not have the power and influence of the larger boss networks listed in this article. For example, the "Cracker Party" was a Democratic Party political machine that dominated city politics in Augusta, Georgia, for over half of the 20th century. Political machines also thrive on Native American reservations, where the veil of sovereignty is used as a shield against federal

neg: Socialist Party (Sweden, 1929) the party was initially associated with the International Communist Opposition and later with the International Revolutionary Marxist Centre (also known as the "London Bureau"). The youth league of the party was called the Socialist Youth League ("Socialistiska ungdomsförbundet"), affiliated to the International Bureau of Revolutionary Youth Organizations. Electoral results of the party (in elections to the Riksdag): Socialist Party (Sweden, 1929) The Socialist Party (), was a political party in Sweden active from 1929 to 1948. Led by Karl Kilbom and Nils Flyg, the party was founded in 1929 as a splinter group of the Communist Party of Sweden. Until

neg: Christian Democrats (Sweden) Christian Democrats (Sweden) The Christian Democrats (, KD) is a Christian-democratic political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1964. It first entered parliament in 1985, through electoral cooperation with the Centre Party, and in 1991 broke through to win seats by itself. The party leader since 25 April 2015 has been Ebba Busch Thor. She succeeded Göran Hägglund, who had been leader since 2004. The four most important issues for the party are: The party name was for a long time abbreviated KDS until 1996, when the abbreviation became KD as the name changed from the "Christian Democratic

neg: National Socialist People's Party of Sweden National Socialist People's Party of Sweden Fascist People's Party of Sweden (in Swedish: "Sveriges Fascistiska Folkparti") was a national socialist political party in Sweden. It was founded on September 3, 1926, by a circle around the publication "Nationen". Its cadre was made up of members of the Fascist Struggle Organisation of Sweden. Konrad Hallgren, a former German officer, became the leader of the party. Other important members included Corporal Sven Olov Lindholm and Lieutenant Sven Hedengren. In 1929 a delegation of the party including Hallgren and Lindholm attended the "Parteitag" of NSDAP in Nuremberg. After the return from Germany, the

neg: Gustav Rosén When he left prison he was met by cheers from the waiting crowd. Rosén played a role in the Folkpartiet (Liberal People's Party) in Sweden. He was a Minister of Defence in Carl Gustav Ekman government, succeeding Per Albin Hansson in that role on 7 June 1926. He took on a difficult task as his party was committed to disarmament and cutting the budget. This placed him in a difficult position squeezed between the military and his political opponents who noted his difficulties. After his party lost power on 2 October 1928, Gustav Rosén returned to Umeå in 1929. Rosén

neg: Alliance (Sweden) Alliance (Sweden) The Alliance (), formerly the Alliance for Sweden ("Allians för Sverige"), is a centre-right liberal conservative political alliance in Sweden. The Alliance consists of the four centre-right political parties in the Riksdag. The Alliance was formed while in opposition, and later achieved a majority government in the 2006 general election and a minority government in the 2010 general election, governing Sweden from 2006 to 2014 with Fredrik Reinfeldt of the Moderate Party serving as Prime Minister of Sweden until the 2014 general election. The Alliance is co-chaired by every component party's individual leaders. After defeat in 2014, the

neg: National Democrats (Sweden) National Democrats (Sweden) The National Democrats ("Nationaldemokraterna", "ND") was a minor political party in Sweden, formed by a radical faction of the Sweden Democrats in October 2001. The party described itself as a democratic nationalist and ethnopluralist party. The party disbanded in April 2014. In the 2002 general election the party received 9,248 votes, far below the 4 percent threshold necessary for parliamentary representation. In the 2006 general election the party received 3,064 votes (0.06%), however they had representation in two municipalities south of Stockholm. In the 2010 general election the party received 1,141 votes (0.02%). The chairman of the

neg: People's Political Power Party of Canada Neither were elected. People's Political Power Party of Canada "Not to be confused with the People's Party of Canada." The People’s Political Power Party of Canada (PPP, French: Pouvoir Politique du Peuple du Canada) was a fringe Canadian federal political party that is no longer recognized by Elections Canada. The party became eligible for registration on April 26, 2006, and was deregistered on April 13, 2011 for failing to nominate a candidate for the 2011 federal election. The party's last leader was Anna-Maria Everett, and its national headquarters is in Winnipeg, Manitoba. According to its party platform, the party is

neg: People's Political Power Party of Canada People's Political Power Party of Canada "Not to be confused with the People's Party of Canada." The People’s Political Power Party of Canada (PPP, French: Pouvoir Politique du Peuple du Canada) was a fringe Canadian federal political party that is no longer recognized by Elections Canada. The party became eligible for registration on April 26, 2006, and was deregistered on April 13, 2011 for failing to nominate a candidate for the 2011 federal election. The party's last leader was Anna-Maria Everett, and its national headquarters is in Winnipeg, Manitoba. According to its party platform, the party is neither socialist nor

neg: Burkina Faso–Sweden relations 2014 by a new centre-left government. Left Party foreign affairs spokesperson Hans Linde described this change in policy as an effect of political pressure from his party. Burkina Faso–Sweden relations Burkina Faso–Sweden relations refers to the current and historical relationship between Sweden and Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso has a non resident ambassador located in Copenhagen, Denmark and an honorary consulate in Uppsala. Sweden has an embassy in Ouagadougou, which was opened in 2010. The current ambassador since 2013 is Eva Emnéus, although she is stationed in the Malian capital of Bamako instead. Sweden accredited its first ambassador to Burkina Faso,

neg: 2011–12 Maldives political crisis 2011–12 Maldives political crisis The 2011–2012 Maldives political crisis began as a series of peaceful protests that broke out in the Maldives on 1 May 2011. They would continue, eventually escalating into the resignation of President Mohamed Nasheed in disputed circumstances in February 2012. Demonstrators were protesting what they considered the government's mismanagement of the economy and were calling for the ouster of President Mohamed Nasheed. The main political opposition party in the country, the Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (Maldivian People's Party) led by the former president of the country Maumoon Abdul Gayoom (who was in power for over 30 years

neg: Communist Party (Sweden) Communist Party (Sweden) Communist Party () is a Marxist-Leninist political party in Sweden, started in 1970. From 1970 to 1977 it was known as "Kommunistiska Förbundet Marxist-Leninisterna (revolutionärerna)", abbreviated KFML(r) (The Communist League Marxist-Leninists (the revolutionaries)), and from 1977 to 2004 it was named "Kommunistiska Partiet Marxist-Leninisterna (revolutionärerna)", abbreviated KPML(r) (The Communist Party Marxist-Leninists (the revolutionaries)). At the 14th Party Congress, held in Gothenburg in January 2005, it was decided to change the name to "Kommunistiska Partiet" (K). KFML(r) was founded in 1970 by a splinter group from the pro-Chinese KFML, which in turn had split from the Eurocommunist Left

neg: Centre Democrats (Sweden) Svalöv. Centre Democrats (Sweden) The Centre Democrats () is a minor political party in Sweden, founded in 1974. While the party has described itself as a "centre alternative," it has been described externally as a right-wing populist party. It agitated against immigration from the 1980s, but toned down the issue in the 2000s, focusing more on local, social and economic issues. The party had some local representation from the 1970s, until 2006, when it lost its final local seat. The party was founded in June 1974 by the lead of John Görnebrand of Simrishamn as an alliance of multiple local

neg: Centre Democrats (Sweden) Centre Democrats (Sweden) The Centre Democrats () is a minor political party in Sweden, founded in 1974. While the party has described itself as a "centre alternative," it has been described externally as a right-wing populist party. It agitated against immigration from the 1980s, but toned down the issue in the 2000s, focusing more on local, social and economic issues. The party had some local representation from the 1970s, until 2006, when it lost its final local seat. The party was founded in June 1974 by the lead of John Görnebrand of Simrishamn as an alliance of multiple local parties

neg: National League of Sweden National League of Sweden The National Youth League of Sweden ("Sveriges nationella ungdomsförbund", SNU) was the first youth organisation of the General Electoral Union of Sweden. It was dislodged from its mother party in 1934 due to its pro-Nazi stance. It was then reconstructed as a separate political party, the National League of Sweden. After the Second World War, the political fortunes of the group dwindled. SNU was founded on October 16, 1915, at Hotell Kronprinsen in Stockholm. The organisation, though never formally recognized, became the youth referent of the General Electoral Union. During the late 1920s SNU became politically

neg: Enhet (political party) political party shortly after. In the 2006 parliamentary elections the party got 2,648 votes (0.05%), up from 603 votes (.01%) in the 2002 elections. However, in the Swedish general election, 2010 the party only received 463 votes (.01%) this was down 2,616 votes or 0.04%. They bumped back in the 2014 parliamentary elections by getting a total of 6,277 votes or .10%. Enhet´s vision is a world without weapons. Hence they want global disarmament and that Sweden takes a leading role in this process. They also want Sweden out of the European Union and debt relief for poor countries. Enhet

neg: Politics of Sweden are among the most important questions in Swedish politics. Apart from the European Union, Sweden is also an active member of the United Nations and several other organisations such as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and International Monetary Fund. Politics of Sweden Politics of Sweden takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic constitutional monarchy. Executive power is exercised by the government, led by the Prime Minister of Sweden. Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament, elected within a multi-party system. The Judiciary is independent, appointed by the government and employed until retirement.

neg: A Just Russia by President Vladimir Putin, claiming that "we will not allow anyone to veer from it after Putin leaves his post in 2008". At the same time he harshly criticised Putin's party United Russia and what Mironov called the largest party's "monopoly" of the nation's political, economic and administrative resources. Mironov characterised A Just Russia as a new "leftist political force" and a "hard opposition", saying that "if United Russia is the party of power, we will become the party of the people". According to Professor Richard Sakwa, the siloviki faction in the Presidential administration supported the establishment of A Just

neg: Vendel Period Vendel Period In Swedish prehistory, the Vendel Period (550-790) comes between the Migration Period and the Viking Age. The migrations and upheaval in Central Europe had lessened somewhat, and two power regions had appeared in Europe: the Merovingian kingdom and the Slavic princedoms in Eastern Europe and the Balkans. A third power, the Catholic Church, had begun to expand its influence. In Scandinavia, the Germanic clan society was still very much alive. In Uppland, in what today is the east-central part of Sweden, Old Uppsala was probably the centre of religious and political life. It had both a well-known sacred

neg: Holstein Party Holstein Party The Holstein Party (Swedish: "Holsteinska partiet"), was the name of a political group in 18th-century Sweden which played a significant role in politics after the death of Charles XII of Sweden in 1718 and until 1727. The party was created in 1718 of those who favored Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, son of Charles XII’s elder sister Hedvig Sophia of Sweden, as heir to the throne before that of Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden. The party lost to the followers of Ulrika Eleonora in 1719, and to her spouse and successor Frederick I of Sweden in 1720. But

neg: Panameñista Party President of Panama with a healthy 39% of the votes in what turned out to be a three-man race. Panameñista Party The Panameñista Party () is a Panamanian political party. The party is the oldest continuously-operating party in Panama. It was founded in 1932 by Harmodio Arias, a prominent newspaper publisher, and Ezequiel Fernández as the National Revolutionary Party. Its membership largely came from Patriotic Communal Action, a nationalist organization that led a coup in 1930 to protest the large amount of American influence in Panama. Fernández was the party's first president. The party first gained a measure of power

neg: Tayo (political party) Since stepping down from office, he has reportedly been campaigning in various global destinations to amass support for his new party, including the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Sweden. On April 2, 2012, Maryam Qaasim, the former Minister of Women's Affairs in Mohamed's Cabinet, was elected Chairperson of the TPP. Mohamed is serving as the party's Secretary-General. In the Somali presidential election of 2017, Mohamed was elected President of Somalia. Tayo lists its ten core party principles as follows: Tayo (political party) The Tayo Political Party (TPP) (), abbreviated Tayo, is the ruling political party in Somalia.

neg: Party finance in Sweden authorities replied "that they did not have any reason to believe that the longstanding self regulation" needs to be amended. However, by the end of 2012 the Swedish government had "decided to initiate a legislative process with the purpose of ... making information regarding the funding of political parties more accessible. ... draft legislation would be submitted to Parliament in autumn 2013." Party finance in Sweden Since the 1970s party finance in Sweden on all levels of the political system depends heavily on public subsidies With an estimated SEK 146 (more than $17) per voter a year the spending level

neg: Libertas Sweden values of the umbrella pan-European party Libertas.eu were on its website or on the main article here. On 21 May 2009 Libertas Sweden announced that it was ending its campaign, stating that it did not have the resources to cover the cost of printing and transporting ballots. Libertas Sweden Libertas Sweden () is a political party in Sweden. It intended to contend the 2009 European Parliament elections under a common banner with Declan Ganley's Libertas.eu. On 26 February 2009, Libertas announced that it wanted to open a branch in Sweden and appealed for the 1500 signatures required to register as

neg: German Revolution of 1918–19 against the Weimar Republic and left-wing political opponents. In 1920, the German government was briefly overthrown in a coup organized by Wolfgang Kapp (the Kapp Putsch), and a nationalist government was briefly in power. Mass public demonstrations soon forced this regime out of power. In 1921 and 1922, Matthias Erzberger and Walter Rathenau were shot by members of the ultra-nationalist Organisation Consul. The newly formed Nazi Party, under the leadership of Adolf Hitler and supported by former German army chief Erich Ludendorff, engaged in political violence against the government and left-wing political forces as well. In 1923, in what is

neg: Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden Gustav II Adolf (9/19 December 1594 – 6/16 November 1632, O.S./N.S.), widely known in English by his Latinised name Gustavus Adolphus or as Gustav II Adolph, was the King of Sweden from 1611 to 1632 who is credited for the founding of Sweden as a great power (). He led Sweden to military supremacy during the Thirty Years' War, helping to determine the political as well as the religious balance of power in Europe. He was formally and posthumously given the name Gustavus Adolphus the Great (, ) by the Riksdag of the Estates in 1634.

neg: Coalition Party (Norway) Coalition Party (Norway) The Coalition Party () was a Norwegian political coalition drawn from the Conservative Party, the Moderate Liberal Party and independent Liberals. Its main issues were opposition to the Liberal Party's political union radicalism, as well as to the rising growth of social democracy. Originally formed to pursue a more careful negotiating line towards Sweden, the party turned around and took part in Michelsen's Cabinet, which carried through the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905. The coalition's leading members included Christian Michelsen himself, Wollert Konow (SB) and Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. The Coalition Party went to

neg: New Power Party New Power Party The New Power Party (NPP; ) is a political party in Taiwan formed in early 2015. The party emerged from the Sunflower Student Movement in 2014 and advocates for universal human rights, civil and political liberties, as well as Taiwan independence/Nationalism. The party is a part of the political phenomenon known as the "Third Force" (), in which new political parties, unaligned with traditional Pan-Green or Pan-Blue Coalitions, sought to provide an alternative in Taiwanese politics. Nevertheless, the NPP's policies are very much aligned and closely matches the Pan-Green camp; thus the NPP cooperated with the DPP