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Title: "Nordic anger over immigration fuels populist vote"
Post by: WhiskeyGirl on September 10, 2013, 10:49:41 PM
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - From spats over halal meat in Danish schools to asylum seekers in Sweden, anger about immigration has fuelled the march of populist parties across Nordic countries, leading one such group to the brink of government in prosperous Norway.

The anti-tax and anti-immigration Progress Party, which once had among its members mass killer Anders Behring Breivik, won 16 percent of votes on Monday and could be kingmaker in a new center-right coalition after eight years of center-left rule.

Millions of illegal aliens...millions of generational welfare families...what is wrong with this picture...

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Economic conditions may be different, but many voters around Europe share the same perception that the established parties are out of touch with ordinary people and their concerns.

Do you really have a recovery if it's jobless?  Recovery for Wall St.,  big business, politicians and hardship for working families and folks living on Main Street?

read more here http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nordic-anger-over-immigration-fuels-populist-vote-200026004.html (http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nordic-anger-over-immigration-fuels-populist-vote-200026004.html)