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    2015考研英语阅读冲刺精读训练（瑞典政党）
    IT WAS supposed to be the Swedish Social Democrats' triumphant return. But
two months after forming a minority coalition government with the Greens, Stefan
Lofven, the Social Democratic leader, has been forced to step down as prime
minister. The four-party centre-right opposition alliance enlisted the support
of the far-right, anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats to vote down his budget,
pushing through a budget of its own instead. Mr Lofven might have let the other
parties try to form a new government. But instead he plans to call an “extra”
election on March 22nd.
    Such high political drama is rare inSweden, where advance negotiations
before parliamentary votes normally mean the budget passes with little fuss. The
only previous special election was in 1958. Social Democratic-led governments,
in particular, have usually sat out their four-year terms in an orderly
fashion.
    But Sweden has never before had to contend with a far-right party that
enjoys as much support as the Sweden Democrats. The party is the third-largest
in parliament. Without its backing, neither the centre-right alliance nor a
coalition of the Social Democrats, Greens and the small Left party commands a
majority. Worse, a new election could see the Sweden Democrats grow stronger,
although the absence on sick leave of their leader, Jimmie Akesson, may count
against them. The Sweden Democrats say they blocked the government's budget
because it failed to meet their goal of cutting immigration by some 90%. They
also accused Mr Lofven of shutting them out of discussions on the budget and
other issues.
    Mr. Lofven fired back, calling the Sweden Democrats' actions “utterly
irresponsible”. And he promised that, should he be asked to form a new
government, he will continue to freeze them out. The centre-right alliance, he
claimed, would let them have a voice. Before the budget vote, Mr Lofven
forlornly appealed to the alliance parties to avoid a crisis and reject support
for their budget plans from the Sweden Democrats. But after a late-night meeting
on December 2nd, they refused to negotiate over a new budget.(Economist)
    翻译：
    瑞典社会民主党与绿党组建了少数党联合政府，这本应是社会民主党的胜利回归，但两个月之后，该党主席、瑞典首相斯特凡·勒文被迫下台。由于四党“中右翼”反对派联盟和反移民的瑞典“极右翼”民主党的联合反对，勒文政府提交的财政预算案未能通过，而该反对派联盟提交的预算案却得以通过。勒文本可以给予其他党派组建新政府的机会，但他却计划于明年的3月22号再次参加大选。
    这样的高层政治闹剧在瑞典难得一见，正常情况下，在议会选举前进行谈判意味着财政预算案会顺利通过。瑞典首次举行打破常规的选举是在1958年。就社会民主党而言，该党通常会以有序的状态执政，顺利完成四年的任期。
    但瑞典历史上从未面临过需要与和瑞典民主党有着同样多支持者的“极右翼”党派对抗的境况。该党是议会第三大党。没有它的支持，无论是“中右翼”联盟，还是社会民主党、绿党和小型的“左翼”党派组建的联合政府，都不会形成多数党。雪上加霜的是，尽管瑞典民主党主席吉米·阿克森的病假缺席可能为他们带来不利，但在新一轮的选举中该党仍会增强实力。同时，谴责勒文不准许他们参与预算案及其他问题讨论的行为。
    勒文对此作出回击，称瑞典民主党的行为是“完全不负责任的”行为。他决意表示，如果他还有机会组建新政府，会继续无视他们。他声称，“中右翼”联盟会听取他们的意见。在财政预算案投票之前，勒文无力地呼吁各联盟党派避免分歧，放弃支持瑞典民主党提交的财政预算案。但12月02号深夜召开的会议之后，同盟党派拒绝商议新的财政预算案。