It is time to assess our membership in the EU because more than 60 percent of the decisions made in Swedish municipalities are influenced in some way by decisions made in that bloc, which I find astonishing, to say the least,” Åkesson said.

According to him, politicians and bureaucrats from other countries now have more influence on Swedish legislation than their popularly elected colleagues in the Riksdag (Parliament).

The SD leader claimed that this was reflected in the results of the parliamentary elections.

The populist SD won 20.5 percent of votes in the 2022 parliamentary elections, becoming the second-largest party in the Riksdag after the Social Democrats.

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