Populist Sweden Democrats (SD) leader Jimmie Åkesson has slammed European Green politicians, blaming their policies for making Europe reliant on Russian energy and enriching the country.
“A war chest that the West, because of naïve politicians, has already financed for a long time, in its search for cheap energy. It is not a morally justifiable act and, with hindsight, it is about pure blood money,” he added.
Labelling the Greens “the useful idiots of Russia and Putin,” Åkesson went on to blame the shutting down of nuclear reactors in Sweden for soaring electricity prices in the south of the country. To counter the surge in fuel prices, Åkesson stated that the government should reduce fuel taxes and reduce the electricity tax by 25 per cent.
“The government blames ‘Putin prices’ but the fact is that about 55 per cent of fuel prices are tax. Our neighbouring countries do not suffer from the same sky-high prices. Difference? Swedish politicians,” he said. “In fact, early closures of Swedish nuclear power, the permission of Russian gas exports through Swedish waters and bans on uranium mining on Swedish soil, have seriously contributed to enabling Putin’s war in Ukraine. All of this could have been stopped by Swedish politicians. It is high time for new politicians, politicians who are not Putin’s useful idiots,” he said.
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