Leader of the Christian democrats (Kristdemokraterna) Goran Hagglund addresses a news conference at the Parliament in Stockholm August 18, 2014. A spectator hit Hagglund's face with a cake during a meeting in Gothenburg in the evening on Monday. REUTERS/Janerik Henriksson/Scanpix
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The leader of Sweden's opposition Christian Democrats called on Thursday for tighter immigration rules, in an attempt to win back voters from a far-right party that is surging in opinion polls ahead of a March election.
Generous immigration policies have been the bedrock of Swedish politics for decades but the comments by Goran Hagglund may be a first sign that the mainstream consensus is cracking under pressure from the far-right Sweden Democrats.
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