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If an interview of Prime Minister Petteri Orpo in Politico, he said the best way to moderate the far right is to invite them to rule and be a part of the government. What is significant by the interviews is that it is the first time that Orpo admits that the Perussuomalaiset (PS)* was a far-right party.
Orpo’s recipe to moderate the far right reflects political cowardice and opportunism. The National Coalition Party (NCP) and the PS can form government because they have similar goals: The NCP and PS support each other’s plans for paradigm changes in the labor market and migration policy.
In the face of racism scandals hitting the Perussuomalaiset and Opro’s government last summer, Orpo admitted “things are going well” and that he’s “moderated” the PS by giving them ministerial posts. “In my opinion, [the PS] is not a far-right party anymore,” he said.
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By paradigm changes in the labor market , spearheaded by the NCP and migration policy by the PS, the parties aim to radically change the face of these sectors.
There is always a big risk in cooperating and “moderating” far-right parties like the PS since the NCP can become radicalized as we have seen now.
To survive politically, mainstream parties like the NCP and Moderate in Sweden will have to adopt tougher stances on issues like immigration.
We call this at Migrant Tales a Denmarkization process.
