Left Party (Sweden)

Vänsterpartiet (short V, German Left Party ) is a political party represented in the Swedish Parliament, which represents socialist positions. Party chairman since January 6, 2012 Jonas Sjöstedt. The Left Party in 2010 reached 5.6 percent and 19 seats in the Reichstag elections.

History

The Left Party in 1917 by a group of the Social Democratic Party of excluded socialists under the name Sveriges socialdemokratiska vänsterparti ( Social Democratic Left Party of Sweden ) was formed. At the party congress in 1921, all anti-Leninist Party members were expelled and the party changed its name to Sveriges kommunistiska parti (Communist Party of Sweden ). More internal disputes led to the exclusion of groups of waves to Zeth Höglund 1924, Karl Kilbom 1929 ( subsequently founded the Socialist Party ). From 1924 until after the Second World War, the work of the party was more or less determined by the policy of the Comintern.

After Stalin's death and the estrangement between the Soviet Union and the People 's Republic of China, the party experienced violent factional struggles that led to the establishment of other communist parties in Sweden. From the mid 60s a work of reform within the party, which had a more independent position to the destination began. 1967, there were also another name change, this time - under pressure by the Euro -Communist wing - in Vänsterpartiet communist nutrition ( Left Party Communists ). You now known in principle for parliamentary democracy as a form of government and sought an agreement of all socialist forces. 1977 was the separation of some orthodox communist members who Arbetarpartiet Communist Erna formed (German Labor Party of the Communists ).

The development of a left alternative was clearly in the deletion of the term " communist " in the party name in 1990. The party program defined the party as socialist and feminist. The takeover of the party presidency by popular Gudrun Schyman and in contrast to most other parties unambiguous stance on the EU question led in 1998 to the best election result of the Left Party in its history. Thus, the close parliamentary cooperation with the Social Democratic minority government was initiated.

After 1998, however, Gudrun Schyman has become increasingly controversial in its role as party chairman. It has been more and more criticized for neglecting the principles of the party and too much to approach the Social Democrats. This is also reflected in the opinion polls resist: Had voted in December 2000, still a good 16 % of the party, as it were in the Reichstag elections of 2002 to just over 8%, which gave the party their trust. This first setback for Schyman was reinforced when her 2003 tax fraud was accused in January because she wanted to assert deductions in their tax returns that have not been approved by the tax authority.

Following the resignation Gudrun Schyman was party chairman after a brief interlude Lars Ohly. The election of Lars Ohly was controversial within the party. Shortly before his election as President ( in which he received 192 of 222 votes ) a group had formed ( German about " Price Determination left" ) within the party with the name " Vägval Vänster ". It existed until 2009 and campaigned for a reform of the entire left political spectrum. Representatives of Trotskyist groupings, the Social Democrats, the Greens, even into the left bourgeois center should draw up new prospects for the future. For the first time in the line of fire came Ohly, as the Swedish Television SVT 2004, a report on the Vänsterpartiet radiated in the open Ohly called himself a communist and in the same time the party was accused of being a bastion of Soviet-style communism. Vägval Vänster was given a lot of space in this TV show, and the leaders of the group showed their willingness to portray Ohly as the Soviet communists. Lars Ohly defended the communist label on the grounds that he was not a Soviet-style communism, but rather a communism in the sense of a " classless society " striving.

However, a more balanced reportage from 2006 corrected the image of a "communist" Vänsterpartiet. The journalist Dan Josefsson had come to the conclusion that the Vänsterpartiet can be called a communist by no means, but that it represents a program basically that is based on the guiding principles of John Maynard Keynes, ie a commitment to the market economy in which the state should take a more active role in economic policy. In this context, the demand must be seen to fight unemployment by 200,000 new jobs in the public sector. Lars Ohly has now withdrawn its commitment to communism.

Reichstag elections

1921 introduction of women's suffrage, data refer to 1968 on elections to the Second Chamber. Information from Statistiska Centralbyrån.

Party chairman

  • 1917-1921, there was no party chairman
  • Zeth Höglund 1921-1924
  • 1921-1923 Karl Kilbom
  • 1924-1929 Nils Flyg
  • 1929-1951 Sven Linderot
  • 1951-1964 Hilding Hagberg
  • 1964-1975 Carl -Henrik Hermansson
  • 1975-1993 Lars Werner
  • Gudrun Schyman 1993-2003
  • 2003-2004 Ulla Hoffmann
  • 2004-2012 Lars Ohly
  • 2012 - Jonas Sjöstedt
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