STOCKHOLM, March 13 (Reuters) – Sweden’s Liberal Party, the smallest of the ruling coalition, said on Friday it would back bringing the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats into government after parliamentary elections in September, boosting the right’s chance of victory.
The opposition left bloc currently leads in polls and the right needs to club together to have a chance of forming a government after the vote on September 13.
* Until now the Liberals have said they would not support agovernment including the Sweden Democrats. * The Sweden Democrats have said they would not back agovernment they were excluded from. * The two parties have agreed on a number of politicalissues, including holding a referendum in 2030 on whether Swedenshould join the euro zone and on a “restrictive, but humane”immigration policy. * It was not clear if a referendum on the euro was supportedby the other parties on the right. Swedes rejected joining theeuro in a referendum in 2003. * The Sweden Democrats are the biggest party on the rightand support the current minority coalition after agreeing abroad policy platform. * The right still faces an uphill struggle to win anotherterm. The Liberals are polling around 2% of the vote and mightdrop out of parliament altogether. That would probably leave theright without a majority. * The left bloc is also split and it could take some timefor either bloc to form a new government after September’s vote.
(Reporting by Simon Johnson, editing by Terje Solsvik)
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