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In recent years there have been major changes in the preference for political parties in the Swedish country where the extreme right in these last four years has gained confidence in the polls and could surprise in the nation’s elections.

Lately more has been known about the advance of the extreme rightist party Democrats of Sweden (SD) and the presence they have had in Swedish politics. They were known to be a residual party but according to many sources could become the second or even the first most voted force, according to statistics.

It Started In 1980

This far-right SD party was founded in 1980 as just another organization, but in this new millennium it has been consecrated thanks to the leadership of Jimmie Åkesson, who turned the party into a polished political operation that has made diversity in the Swedish electoral system.

Between the events that prompted the rise of the far right are the consequences of the global financial crisis in 2008 and the impact that left the majority of the Swedish population in precarious conditions due to cuts in social assistance.

These reasons, plus the social alignment and various factors analyzed by many media suggest they generated distrust in the population of this country according to social democratic politics.

A Strengthening Speech

The party led by Åkesson and his team had been strengthened by an anti-immigrant and anti-crime discourse, with striking proposals such as the total freezing of asylum applications and the acceptance of refugees only from neighboring countries in Sweden.

Among the other plans of this extreme right-wing party there are more severe measures for crime, more powers for the police, tax cuts and greater spending on social assistance.

On the other hand, social democrats, who have dominated Swedish politics for almost a hundred years, were having difficulties to respond the harsh rhetoric of the far-right party, which has led them to sink to 25% in the polls.

The Opposition Is Shaking

The main personalities of the opposite side defend their social democratic government and urge the swedes to vote for them to maintain the welfare of their situation in general.

Few politicians have accepted to reach agreements with them. Actually the leader of the moderates Ulf Kristersson has made the situation more tense saying that he would be willing to hold talks with the DS. Their leader, Jimmie Åkesson, in response warned that their support will come at a price.

A similar picture they could have seems pretty much like Denmark: a very conservative government with support from the Danish People’s Nationalist Party. From a realistic point of view, this victory could mean the end of an era for the progressive and tolerant Sweden that everyone knew.

It is expected the extreme right-wing to win, product of all these latest events in the country but it is also expected that despite the changes that may occur in this peaceful nation, it will be still recognized for its activities such as the defense of the conservation of the environment, the defense of homosexual rights, gender equality, and even more important: not to create a setback in humanitarian work.

Cash is very important for all countries because it’s something that makes the economy improve by having more liquidity and economic movements. And few countries are currently victims of this phenomenon.

Sweden is one of them. But this has been a project that’s being carried out by the government of this country, to eliminate cash completely and even stop accepting invoices before 2025. Discover some things Sweden has to say before cash disappears:

Financial authorities

Financial authorities were the ones to accept this trend to apply zero cash. But now, they are requesting to stop and reissue bills and coins to circulate in the country, because they need to make an in-depth analysis of how it can affect society not to pay in cash and even how it can affect consumption and trade in general.

Virtual currency

Sweden, approved an e-krona virtual currency, in order to strengthen the lack of cash, and it can have more value in the monetary world. Legislative measures are even being applied to make virtual payments through this currency.

Applicable measures

Some of the applicable measures the Swedish government has implemented in addition to the virtual currency, are digital tools to have better management in society with the help of advanced technology. One of them has been microchips, which are used to pay almost daily things, like public transportation or food, putting them in a lot of parts of the country for people who read and accepted this new modality.

Expensive trend

This trend has also been very costly to apply, because of the amount of money that had to be invested for years to create it and develop it. Especially the technological measures. And even now, more things are being created to avoid using cash.

Affectation

One of the disadvantages of this is that there is a part of the population that is affected by the lack of cash, which are the elders, especially retirees, immigrants and people with disabilities.

Having cash means moving easier, without so many complications and by implementing technological measures, not everyone will be able to handle it, as in the case of retirees, or there will be people who could not have the possibility of accessing them, as it is the case of immigrants.

Consequences in the future

If society doesn’t depend on cash, it means that commercial banks will have more control and it can affect the sovereignty of the state, or can play against it in different negotiations related to foreign trade.

Protests

Some people have come out to protest against these economic measures that are being applied. One of them was the Swedish Pensioners’ Association, since they consider that it affects them.

Many people still don’t get used to technological advances, and they are some of them, so they now have to use cell phones, iPads or computers to pay for something when they could simply pay with cash and that’s it.

Sweden is getting used to the phenomenon of zero cash, and even for some time has stopped taking money from the ATM. But, this trend is expected to be a project that won’t have a negative impact on the future of the Swedish economy by weakening the country or affecting the citizens.