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                    "Sweden goes to the polls on Sunday in an extremely close election that could see the far right enter government for the first time if the country\u2019s rightwing parties can form a majority.Opinion polls show the centre-left opposition alliance ahead, with Magdalena \u2060Andersson of the Social Democrats the favourite to become prime minister again after four years in opposition, but her bloc\u2019s lead has narrowed considerably in the final days of the campaign.Magdalena Andersson, the leader of the Social Democrats. Photograph: Simon Johnson/ReutersIn 2022, the current prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, the leader of the centre-right Moderates, broke a longstanding taboo to make a deal with the far-right Sweden Democrats (SD), so that his minority coalition could form a government.That agreement gave the SD outsized influence over government policy, especially on crime and immigration, and Kristersson has now gone further, promising ministerial posts for the SD if he is returned to power.The election comes days after Germany\u2019s nativist Alternative f\u00fcr Deutschland (AfD) seized first place in key state elections, and as Marine Le Pen leads the polls for next year\u2019s presidential vote in France.Legal and civil rights experts have warned that such a result could further undermine Sweden\u2019s long-held reputation as a global champion of human rights, which has significantly deteriorated under the current government.\u201cWhat we have seen in the past four years is huge changes when it comes to policies on crime and immigration,\u201d said John Stauffer, legal director at Civil Rights Defenders.Sweden\u2019s prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, talks to members of the media after a Moderate party rally. Photograph: Denis Balibouse/Reuters\u201cThat is also the concern moving forward into the next mandate period: that this government will continue with a clear aim to further decrease the number of people coming to Sweden, the number of people who can get protection, and also that as many people as possible with migrant backgrounds leave Sweden \u2013 either by force or voluntarily.\u201dSD\u2019s manifesto includes pledges to introduce \u201canti-Swedish sentiment in legislation on incitement against ethnic groups\u201d, revoke permanent resident permits and further cut immigration.One of its slogans is a promise to \u201cmake Sweden Sweden again\u201d.Despite recent changes \u2013 including the deportation of teenagers, lowering the age of criminal responsibility and sending 14-year-olds to adult prisons \u2013 many voters and politicians continued to see Sweden as a \u201cchampion of human rights and a champion of the rules-based world order where human rights is an important part\u201d, Stauffer said.\u201cBut it is quite clear that the Sweden Democrats do not have that ambition. They don\u2019t see Sweden as an important player on these issues on human rights. So there will be less focus on this and Sweden contributing to developing the judicial framework around human rights.\u201dHe added: \u201cIt\u2019s a fair guess that the negative trend will continue with SD in government, the view from abroad of Sweden will continue to deteriorate, less and less will be seen as a champion of human rights, but as any other country maybe. For some time Sweden has been seen as the exception.\u201dIn an attempt to win back voters, Andersson\u2019s Social Democrats have also moved to the right on crime, immigration and integration, meaning that a win for the left was unlikely to mean a reform of current hardline policies, said Stauffer.\u201cWith a Social Democrats-led government, many of the things we see as problematic are not going to be rolled back. But maybe negative development will not continue in the same way,\u201d he said.With polls so tight and record early voting expected, the performance of smaller parties could prove critical.The Green party spokesperson, Amanda Lind, and the Sweden Democrats party leader, Jimmie \u00c5kesson during an election debate in Stockholm on Thursday. Photograph: Anders Wiklund/EPAThe Liberals, who are tiny but part of the governing coalition and whose leader, Simona Mohamsson, has controversially cosied up to the SD\u2019s leader, Jimmie \u00c5kesson, in recent months, could be crucial for the right\u2019s ability to form a coalition. And, on the left, turnout for the Centre party could also prove significant.The small leftwing party has made some headway in the polls, which it hopes could be sign of a surge. In Stockholm municipality, in particular, it is gaining ground on the Moderates and hopes to become the second biggest party.The SD had already won the immigration argument among mainstream Swedish political parties, said Bo Petersson, a political science professor at Malm\u00f6 University, who argued that the election could become a test of whether the far-right party had any further appeal to Swedish voters. \u201cThe mainstream parties have taken the restrictive immigration politics and then there isn\u2019t so much for SD to say \u2018we are unique and stand for this\u2019,\u201d he said. \u201cThey have been a very clear part of the establishment.\u201dFredrik Furtenbach, a senior political correspondent for Sveriges Radio, (Sweden\u2019s public broadcaster, said that if the rightwing parties won, the SD was likely to get several ministerial posts which would be a \u201cbig breakthrough for them\u201d.If the rightwing coalition loses, he expects there to be a post-election debate within the centre-right parties about \u201cwhether they allowed the Sweden Democrats to get too close\u201d.The biggest issues among voters are healthcare, law and order, immigration and Sweden\u2019s economy.After heated television debates between leaders, the last of which was held on Friday night, election results are expected on Sunday night, but it could take weeks or even months of talks to form a government.The latest polls show an extremely tight race, with a Dagens Nyheter/Ipsos poll showing on Friday just 0.3 percentage points between the left and right blocs, which would leave Andersson\u2019s left-leaning side with 175 seats and 174 for Kristersson\u2019s right-leaning side."
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