EU ON BRINK: Far-right Swedish party ready to call for EU referendum ’like BRITONS DID’
SWEDEN Democrats pledged to use Brexit as a blueprint for their country’s withdrawal from the European Union, with senior members of the party vowing to call for an EU referendum in the immediate aftermath to today’s general election to do “like the British did”.
By ALICE SCARSI
Express.co.uk
Sun, Sep 9, 2018
Senior members of the party warned Brussels they are closely following the Brexit talks and they are ready to go down the same path Britain took in 2016 should their eurosceptic voices not be heard by the European Commission.
Mattia Karlsson, the party’s leader in the Swedish parliament, set out a plan for the country to follow to regain control from the bloc.
Should the Sweden Democrats win today’s election, he said, the country will immediately head to Brussels to seek an exemption from its refugee policies.
Adding that Swedes should create their own laws rather than follow the one dictated by Brussels, he told The Daily Telegraph: “We are not focusing on leaving the EU during the campaign, as that is all about immigration, but after the election we would want to do it like the British did – renegotiate with the EU and then hold a referendum.”
Peter Hallmark, party chairman in Stockholm, added the British EU referendum had a huge impact on the Sweden Democrats.
He said: “We’re watching your country very closely to see how it does in the Brexit negotiations.”
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