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Wide of Swedish parliament, election posters on bridge 2. Election posters on bridge 3. Close of posters Stockholm - 17 September 20104. Sverigedemokrater (Swedish Democrat) party activist campaigning5....\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eStockholm - 15 September 2010\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide of Swedish parliament, election posters on bridge \u003cbr/\u003e2. Election posters on bridge \u003cbr/\u003e3. Close of posters \u003cbr/\u003eStockholm - 17 September 2010\u003cbr/\u003e4. Sverigedemokrater (Swedish Democrat) party activist campaigning\u003cbr/\u003e5. Close of party activist speaking to prospective voters \u003cbr/\u003e6. Close of Swedish flag \u003cbr/\u003eStockholm - 16 September 2010\u003cbr/\u003e7. Close of Jimie Akesson, leader of Sverigedemokraterna (Swedish democrats) \u003cbr/\u003e8. Akesson giving speech, policeman's leg in foreground \u003cbr/\u003e9. Various of people protesting against Akesson \u003cbr/\u003eStockholm - 17 September 2010\u003cbr/\u003e10. Set-up shot of Nicholas Aylott, senior lecturer in political science, S�dert�rn University \u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE (English), Nicholas Aylott, senior lecturer in political science, S�dert�rn University: \u003cbr/\u003e\"In some ways they could be compared to other radical right populist parties we find in other Scandinavian countries and other West European countries. In other ways they are a bit different, their origins are a bit more extreme than you would find in the equivalent party in say Demark or certainly Norway. So they are rather radical and their biggest parade number is opposition to immigration.\"\u003cbr/\u003eStockholm - 15 September 2010\u003cbr/\u003e12. Opposition leader and leader of Socialdemokraterna (Social Democrats) Mona Sahlin walking past camera \u003cbr/\u003e13.Tilt up from Sahlin holding shoes to Sahiln's face \u003cbr/\u003e14. Close of Sahlin's face \u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE (English), Mona Sahlin, leader of Socialdemokraterna (Social Demokrats): \u003cbr/\u003e\"Politically I have been very clear on that, I would never, never ever, let them have any kind of influence over Swedish politics. Never. And one a personal level I would be very sad because I have been proud so far that Sweden has been one of the few countries in Europe who don't have a xenophobic party in Parliament. And I do hope that I will wake up on Monday morning and find that that is still the fact.\"\u003cbr/\u003eStockholm - 16 September 2010\u003cbr/\u003e16. Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt walking past camera \u003cbr/\u003e17. Reinfeldt speaking to media \u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUDBITE (English), Fredrik Reinfeldt, Swedish Prime Minister:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Well, first of all, we are within reach to actually end with a majority government once again coming Sunday evening. That is what we are trying to push for. Let us await the decision of the Swedish people. We have always said that we will not rely on a populist party which is xenophobic.\"\u003cbr/\u003e19. Set-up shot of Erik Almqvist, press secretary for Sverigedemokraterna (Swedish democrats) \u003cbr/\u003e20. SOUNDBITE (Swedish) Erik Almqvist, press secretary for Sverigedemokraterna (Swedish democrats):\u003cbr/\u003e\"I would not pay too much attention to what they say now. I take it with a grain of salt. They naturally don't want to give the competition, which we are now, more space than necessary. You obviously look to protect your own election result at this point. But, I'm convinced that if they need us for a majority after the election you will hear a different message.\"\u003cbr/\u003e21. Election poster on street\u003cbr/\u003e22. Various of Socialdemokrater (Social Democrats) campaigning \u003cbr/\u003eStockholm - 17 September 2010\u003cbr/\u003e23. SOUNDBITE (English) Nicholas Aylott, senior lecturer in political science, S�dert�rn University: \u003cbr/\u003e\"Some people are warning of  parliamentary chaos if neither of the main blocks win a majority for themselves and the Sweden democrats hold the balance of power. I can't  really hold chaos, I think it is very likely that the block with the more seats will form the government and it should be a reasonably stable government, just not a very powerful government.\"\u003cbr/\u003eStockholm - 15 September 2010\u003cbr/\u003e24. Wide of Prime Minister's office \u003cbr/\u003e25. Close of flag\u003cbr/\u003ePolls in Sweden show a small anti-immigration party is likely to enter Parliament for the first time in elections on Sunday.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Sweden Democrats are warning that lenient immigration policies are threatening the country's welfare system, and a series of recent surveys shows the party has climbed above the 4 percent threshold necessary to enter to the legislature.\u003cbr/\u003eAccording to Nicholas Aylott, senior lecturer in political science, S�dert�rn University, the Swedish democrat party is in many ways similar to far-right parties found in parliament in many European countries.\u003cbr/\u003e\"In some ways they could be compared to other radical right populist parties we find in other Scandinavian countries and other West European countries. In other ways they are a bit different, their origins are a bit more extreme than you would find in the equivalent party in say Demark or certainly Norway. So they are rather radical and their biggest parade number is opposition to immigration,\" he said in central Stockholm on Friday.\u003cbr/\u003eAll major parties have ruled out any cooperation with the Sweden Democrats.\u003cbr/\u003eThat could create disarray if neither the centre-right government nor the left-wing opposition wins a majority in the 349-seat assembly, because neither side wants to rely on the support of the Sweden Democrats.\u003cbr/\u003eThe leader of the opposition Social Demokrats, Mona Sahlin went as far as saying that she would be \"very sad\" if the Sweden Democrats were to win seats in the parliament \"I have been proud so far that Sweden has been one of the few countries in Europe who don't have a xenophobic party in Parliament, \"she said.\u003cbr/\u003ePrime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt who leads a four party centre-right coalition said that they are on a track to be re-elected with a stable majority but that he did not envisage any cooperation with the Sweden Democrats if they form a minority government.\u003cbr/\u003e\"We have always said that we will not rely on a populist party which is xenophobic,\" he said.\u003cbr/\u003eAccording to Aylott, political chaos is unlikely but a minority government without the support of the Sweden Democrats would be weak.\u003cbr/\u003e\"It should be a reasonably stable government, just not a very powerful government,\" he said.\u003cbr/\u003eThe minority government would have to seek support from individual members of parliament of from the smaller opposition parties for each piece of legislation if they were to avoid dealing with the Sweden Democrats.\u003cbr/\u003eBut, the Sweden Democrats are still holding out hope that they will be in a position of power, as kingmakers possibly, if they hold the balance of power in the Swedish parliament According to Erik Almqvist, the press secretary for the Sweden Democrats, things could very well change after the election.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I would not pay too much attention to what they say now. I take it with a grain of salt. They naturally don't want to give the competition, which we are now, more space than necessary. You obviously look to protect your own election result at this point. But, I'm convinced that if they need us for a majority after the election you will hear a different message,\" he said.\u003cbr/\u003eIn the final days of campaigning, both blocs have warned voters against bringing the party into Parliament, saying it represents xenophobic views that don't belong in a country seen as tolerant and welcoming to refugees.\u003cbr/\u003eJimmie Akesson, the leader of the Sweden Democrats, advocates sharp cuts in immigration and has called Islam the greatest foreign threat to Swedish society since World War II.\u003cbr/\u003eAbout 14 percent of Sweden's 9.4 million residents are foreign-born.\u003cbr/\u003eThe biggest waves of immigration have come from Finland, Iraq, the former Yugoslavia and Poland.\u003cbr/\u003eHundreds of protesters tried to drown out Akesson's speech in Stockholm on Thursday by chanting and making noise with vuvuzelas - plastic horns of the kind used by spectators at the football (soccer) World Cup in South 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