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Christian Democrats

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Leadership Ebba Busch Thor
Founders Lewi Pethrus
Birger Ekstedt
FoundedSweden
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About Christian Democrats


The Christian Democrats is a Christian-democratic political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1964. It first entered parliament in 1985, through electoral cooperation with the Centre Party, and in 1991 broke through to win seats by itself. The party leader since 25 April 2015 has been Ebba Busch Thor.

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... Months later Mr Omtzigt left the Christian Democrats and took several months off work for exhaustion...

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... It s really impressive, " Michael Gahler, a German MEP from the Christian Democrats, told the BBC...

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... On Friday, the country s minority coalition government was announced after Mr Kristersson reached a deal with two smaller parties, the Christian Democrats and the Liberals, despite the Social Democrats gaining the largest share of votes...

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... She has been edged out by a four-party right-wing block made up of the Sweden Democrats, Moderate Party, Christian Democrats and Liberals...

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... Mr Kretschmer, a member of the centre-right Christian Democrats who were in government nationally until last week, was initially hostile to tight Covid restrictions...

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... The SPD was junior coalition partner of Mrs Merkel s Christian Democrats (CDU) for much of the past eight years and many SPD members complained that the policies agreed by their grand coalition or " GroKo" were too conservative...

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... But two of them, the conservative Moderates and the Christian Democrats, appear to be increasingly open to negotiating with them...

News Daily: Backpacker murder verdict and leaders prepare for Question Time

News Daily: Backpacker murder verdict and leaders prepare for Question Time
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... On this day2005 Angela Merkel, leader of the Christian Democrats, is sworn in as Germany s first woman chancellor...

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