MORE TURBULENCE IN THE CENTER-RIGHT COALITION OVER FRA ACT

The Center party, a small component in the Center-Right coalition that currently governs Sweden, is suffering from internal protests against the FRA Act. Regular members and active party officials at the regional and local levels are forming a protest, demanding an explanation why the party's parliamentary group voted for the FRA Act when, in fact, the party itself has as its official policy not to support such wiretapping programs.

We have already reported that an influential member of the prime minister's own party is floating the idea of leaving the Moderates over the FRA Act. This type of protests over legislation is almost unprecedented in Sweden - only the crisis over nuclear power back in 1980 can surpass it. That crisis led to the formation of an entirely new party, the Environmental Party (Green Socialists), and there is at least a theoretical chance that the FRA Act may bring about a new libertarian party in Sweden.