Alexandre Chauveau, edited by Laura Laplaud 08:12, September 13, 2022

Swedish voters voted in the general elections on Sunday.

According to the first results, the bloc formed by the right and the extreme right would be winning, the equivalent of the National Rally in France.

Once considered infrequent, how to explain such a progression?

Europe 1 went to Stockholm. 

Sweden is still awaiting the final results of the general elections which took place on Sunday.

The ballot is extremely close but one party has already emerged as the clear winner: the Democrats of Sweden (SD), the equivalent of the National Rally in France.

Credited with nearly 20% of voting intentions, the party would come in second place, behind the Social Democrats.

The party, once considered infrequent, is this time called upon by the right to form a majority.

So how can such a progression be explained?

Europe 1 went to Stockholm, to the population.

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A historic breakthrough

In Ahmed's taxi, his business card, freshly obtained six months ago, sits proudly on the dashboard.

The 48-year-old Syrian fled Aleppo in 2015 to find refuge in Sweden.

"The Swedes are really good. Compared to other countries, they are really welcoming," he explains.

This former cook has followed the elections from afar, but he says he is worried by the historic breakthrough of Jimmie Akesson's party.

"He hates all foreigners and hates Islam! He doesn't understand what Islam is...", he breathes.

“With each election, the party progresses”

In the city center, the latest legislative necessarily fuel conversations on the terrace.

Jonas, extracurricular animator, refuses to tell us who he voted for, but expected this result.

"We saw it coming, with every election the party progresses, so I'm not really surprised… You have people who are disappointed with what Sweden has become in recent years."

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It must be said that the explosion in the number of shootings in recent years has invited itself into the debate.

This year alone, 48 people have been shot and killed in a country of only 10 million people.

Leif, long and graying hair, has seen his country change over the past few years.

"There are about 60 to 70 areas where the police can no longer go, it's new in this country, we had never known that before," he says.

Since 2010, Sweden's Democrats have nearly quadrupled their vote count.

They should be on Wednesday, the second party in the country and the first right-wing force in the kingdom.