Moderate Party (Sweden)
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Moderate Party
Moderata samlingspartiet |
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| Abbreviation | M |
| Party chairman | Anna Kinberg Batra |
| Party secretary | Tomas Tobé |
| Parliamentary group leader | Jessica Polfjärd |
| Founded | 17 October 1904 |
| Headquarters | Stora Nygatan 30, Gamla stan, |
| Student wing | Moderate Students |
| Youth wing | Moderate Youth League |
| Membership (2010) | 55,612 |
| Ideology | Liberal conservatism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| National affiliation | The Alliance |
| European affiliation | European People's Party |
| International affiliation | International Democrat Union |
| European Parliament group | European People's Party |
| Colours | Blue |
| Slogan | "Sverige kan mer." ("Sweden can be more.") |
| Riksdag |
84 / 349
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| European Parliament |
3 / 20
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| County councils |
339 / 1,597
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| Municipal councils |
2,435 / 12,780
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| Website | |
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The Moderate Party (Swedish: Moderata samlingspartiet: "Moderate Unity Party", commonly referred to in Swedish as Moderaterna: "Moderates") is a liberal-conservativepolitical party in Sweden.
The party was founded in 1904 as the General Electoral League by a group of conservatives in the Swedish parliament. The party has had two other names during its history: "Högern" or The Right (1938–1952) and "Högerpartiet" Right (Wing) Party (1952–1969).
Following minor roles in centre-right governments, the Moderates became the leading opposition party to the Swedish Social Democratic Party and since then those two parties have dominated Swedish politics. In 1991, party leader Carl Bildt formed a minority government after the centre-right coalition had the largest mandate in Parliament. This was the first time the Moderates had been head of government, but following the election loss in 1994, the party spent 12 years as opposition leaders, before it could form a majority government following a successful 2006 general election.
Following the 2010 general election, the party gained 30.06% of the vote, and became the major component of the centre-right coalition, the Alliance, along with the Centre Party, the Liberal People's Party and the Christian Democrats. The coalition governed until its defeat in the 2014 general election. The current chairman of the party, Anna Kinberg Batra, was elected at the party congress on 10 January 2015. She succeeded Fredrik Reinfeldt who had served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 2006 to 2014. Under Reinfeldt's leadership, the party moved more towards the centre in Swedish politics. The party generally supports reducing taxation and economic liberalism.
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