Moderate Party (1969–present) Moderate Party

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carl bildt, leader of party between 1986 , 1999. foreign minister between 2006 , 2014.


the party increasingly seen extremist, , in hopes of changing image, changed name moderate coalition party (swedish: moderata samlingspartiet, referred moderaterna) in 1969, or moderate party.


in 1970 gösta bohman elected leader of moderate party. during leadership party continued gradual movement nationalist traditionalist conservatism towards internationalist liberal conservatism, calling swedish membership in eec since 1960s , in practice adopting policies affiliated classical liberalism. adopted more liberal social outlook, seen key factor in foundation of christian democratic gathering in 1964, socially conservative party. bohman proved successful leader, , helped lead non-socialist opposition victory in 1976 election.


the moderate party joined government under thorbjörn fälldin, gösta bohman minister of economy. non-socialist parties managed remain in power until 1982 in different constellations, election of 1979 again made moderate party become second party after social democrats, position has held since then. gösta bohman in 1981 replaced ulf adelsohn.


in 1986 carl bildt elected leader of party. son-in-law of bohman, managed lead party election victory in 1991. moderate party led non-socialist coalition between 1991 , 1994, bildt serving first conservative prime minister since lindman. cabinet of carl bildt did reform swedish government: cut taxes, cut public spending, introduced voucher schools, made possible counties privatise health care, liberalised markets telecommunications , energy, , privatised former publicly owned companies (further deregulation , privatisation carried out following social democratic cabinet of göran persson). negotiations membership european union finalised.


the party gained votes in 1994, governing coalition lost majority. bildt stayed on moderate party leader, failing unite greens non-socialist parties failed return government after election in 1998 well. bo lundgren replaced him , led party in disastrous general election of 2002, owed alleged libertarian stances, lundgren continues receive praise younger members, however. former head of moderate youth fredrik reinfeldt elected new party leader in 2003.


prior 2006 general election moderate party adjusted position in political spectrum, moving towards centre-right. reflect these changes, party s unofficial name altered new moderates (swedish: de nya moderaterna). has included focus on proactive measures against unemployment, lower taxes combined reforms strengthen swedish welfare state. moderate party since 2006 has used slogan of swedish workers party , slogan formerly synonymous social democrats.


in 2006 general election moderate party enjoyed best result since 1928 26.2% of votes. moderate party had formed alliance sweden, political , electoral alliance, along centre party, liberal people s party , christian democrats prior election. after election, alliance sweden able form coalition government. party leader fredrik reinfeldt took office prime minister of sweden on 6 october 2006 along cabinet. in 2010 general election, moderate party performed best results, since introduction of universal suffrage in 1919, 30.1% of votes. however, minor parties in alliance performed relatively poorly, , reinfeldt cabinet continued in office minority government.


reinfeldt first centre-right prime minister since swedish-norwegian union re-elected. longest-serving non–social democrat prime minister since erik gustaf boström left office in 1900.


in 2014 european elections moderate party came in third place nationally 13.6% of vote, returning 3 meps.


in 2014 general election 3 centre-left parties outpolled reinfeldt s incumbent alliance coalition, prompting resignation. social democrat stefan löfven became prime minister on 3 october 2014. anna kinberg batra elected succeed reinfeldt party leader on 10 january 2015.








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