Coordination at national level

• Author: Lappalainen, Paul
• Pages: 94-94

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9 COORDINATION AT NATIONAL LEVEL

The elections in September 2018 led to confusion as to the results. The key issue became

whether the conservative Alliance coalition made up of the Moderate Party, the Christian

Democrats, the Centre Party and the Liberals would form a government dependent on the

far right Sweden Democrats, or if the Social Democrats and the Green Party could work

out some kind of agreement with the Centre Party and the Liberals. Negotiations took a

much longer time than had occurred previously in Sweden. It was not until January 2019

that a functioning coalition Government was formed by the Social Democrats and the Green

Party, with the support of two-centre right parties.

Discrimination issues were included in the mandate of the Ministry of Employment and

placed in the portfolio of Åsa Lindhagen, the Minister for Gender Equality, with

responsibility for anti-discrimination and anti-segregation. She also has responsibility for

democracy and human rights issues, the work against segregation, introduction of new

arrivals and child rights.