what's with the slow pace of integration poll suggests the nationalist sweden democrats led by jimmy akeson could emerge as one of the strongest forces in parliament the shift to the right even threatens to unseat the left leaning coalition government prime minister stefan lutheran has called this election a referendum on sweden's welfare state now the rise of the populists in sweden follows a europe wide trend and it could signal a break with the country's liberal traditions. it's shaping up to be one of the most significant elections in sweden's history the first nationwide vote since the country to get more migrants pair head of population than any other european country back in twenty fifteen at the height of the migration crisis it's just one key issue along with health care education and climate change but in rural communities like here insults bug migration has become a prism through which everything else is viewed. it's tonto many one time we cannot thank you. stop them so many and the good life i think they want to be in this. country and these so much. swedes are divided about how

jimmy akeson declaring a big future for his third place anti immigrant party. do you know what friends of sweden they said on t.v. that it's hard to declare a winner of this election i know who's won the sweden democrats. in a small country that's taken in four hundred thousand asylum seekers since two thousand and twelve aca since message has resonated for those skeptical about immigration and the establishment. that establishment incumbent prime minister stuff on lisbon center left coalition came out just millimeters ahead of the opposition center right alliance a sign left and says that it's time to toss out the bloc system that's defined swedish politics for decades if using is no side has a clear majority it's only natural that we will have to work across the political divide to make it possible to govern sweden some regardless of the final election results this will be the death of bloc politics. but his invitation to the center right to engage in cross party talks has so far fallen on deaf ears the head of the opposition instead calling for less than to

from voters unhappy with immigration and was a slow pace of integration exit polls are showing jimmy akeson is nationalist sweden democrats taking just over sixteen percent. and that monks are ryan's in their support but it leaves leaves them in third place prime minister stephan lutheran called the selection a referendum on sweden's welfare state his party is now expected to emerge as the strongest force. and correspondent barbara outside the swedish parliament and stockholm and joins me now hi barbara polling stations have just come close to how how do things let there. yeah we're looking at the exit polls but we have to really take all this what we see now with a pinch of salt because they are notoriously unreliable here in sweden it's not for me as you have in some countries like in germany where your almost see the result of the election so we're just seeing the exit polls of the public swedish broadcaster and that looks a bit different from we had first from other television stations and they still show the social democrats in first place at around twenty six percent but they show a m

for lengthy negotiations on forming a governing coalition the leader of the sweden democrats a jimmy akeson has hailed of the result as a breakthrough for his party. you will be at the bills more than any i know who's won this election is this weekend democrats that's how it's. we are strengthening our pivotal position and increasing our seats in the swedish politicians we see that we are going to get incredible influence in the future and no one can take that away from us those who would moderates have agreed to start talks with the christian democrats on forming a conservative coalition meanwhile the swedish prime minister stefan louvin has said he will not be resigning he called for cross party cooperation to keep the sweden democrats out of town or accusing the nationalists of trying to increase division and. political analyst charles or tell believes that the result is a blow for the leadership it's doesn't seem like this is going to be a clear break with the past i think it's a rejection of the current leadership i think it's a combination of. concerning care about the state the bad s

sweden democrats has grown steadily since two thousand and ten this year under the leadership of jimmy akeson it's poised to become the country's second party it could steal some of its support from the center right moderates led by christopher sun the moderates want to form a coalition with other parties from the right called the alliance or many swedes are worried about the country's shift to the right terrible i just want to cry when i think about it they see. awful things i mean yeah of course we have a lot of refugees here we need to take care of them they come from a terrible place terrible foreigners we can't just throw them out because we can't know now sorry i just feel like crying when i think about it it's an integration issue and it's not just about what happened two years ago we had a lot of. refugees for the last two years it's more that. we haven't had an integration issue for maybe twenty years so we really have to. well john a whole is a live in stockholm forest covering this election and jonah you know result as i can remember certainly sweden's always been held up as almost

also the leader of the controversial anti immigrant sweden democrats cast his ballot jimmy akeson is confident his party will be making big game. i'm an old student what they call me all the above all there are many things that need to be done our welfare has been incredibly strained over the past few years the prime minister has prioritized asylum and immigration as head of welfare and we would reverse that priority and prioritize welfare instead well sweden's long had a reputation for welcoming refugees and asylum seekers that are changing journal reports from stockholm. oh weekend football refugees and swedes a model of integration and it works as these young men from afghanistan and syria are happy to explain influence swedish i say i go to school on how to spell it for i go to school here i play football i have many friends here and there are many freedoms in sweden that's why i like it here. but it isn't working for everyone sunday's election is likely to see a far right party the sweden democrats catapulted into second place with support from around one in five voters it's a p

populists have made strong gains in legislative elections leader of the far right sweeping democrats jimmy akesonlayed on voter fears about immigration to punish the ruling social democrats and greens sweetness taken in almost four hundred thousand asylum seekers since two thousand and twelve. some five hundred protesters have told the call of far right groups and march to curtain a talon in eastern germany following the death of a twenty two year old man.

diminished but still dominant while the parties on the extremes will now have their voices heard jimmy akeson the sweden democrats leader the far right party saying that this result means his party will have a major say in events here in sweden in the coming weeks and the coming years and i'm sure he's probably right because this election has illustrated just how important an issue immigration is in this country how big a problem it is how foreigners coming into sweden are not nearly as welcome as they once were how also issues like nationalism and identity are important as well it is and elections is troubling that has opened fissures and caused real questions to be arse about a country that has long been famous for its openness for its tolerance for does long held high the moral mantle here in europe and further afield a country now would have to put forward a rather different face to the world. syrian and russian jets and helicopters continue their heavy bombardment in the northern and southern countryside if it lifts all of the tribal fighters have been digging tunnels to reinforce their

populists have made strong gains in legislative elections leader of the far right sweeping democrats jimmy akeson played on voters' fears about immigration to punish the ruling social democrats and greens sweetness taken in almost four hundred thousand asylum seekers since two thousand and twelve. some five hundred protesters have told the call of far right groups and march to curtain a talon in eastern germany following the death of a twenty two year old man police say the german national died after an altercation with two afghans however an autopsy ruled the death wasn't in connection with the dispute. thousands of russians have joined nationwide rallies against the government's proposed pension reforms the plan would increase the pension age by five years to sixty five for men and sixty for women. the independent monitoring group over the d.c. police arrested nearly three hundred people. police in chile have clashed with protesters during demonstrations marking the anniversary of the end of the country's military dictatorship a military coup put an end to president these rules which saw over f