That's not true, though.

First, the two Sweden Democrat MEPs voting as they had planned to would have meant that the directive would have passed as it is with a single vote, but it would still have passed. Ulvskog – a Social Democrat MEP – voted for opening a debate on amendments (that is, against adopting the directive in its entirety), but had previously stated she'd vote for adopting the directive including all articles. Her potentially pressing the wrong button certainly didn't help it pass.

Second, the Sweden Democrats "is a social conservative and right-wing populist political party" (English Wikipedia, being neutrally polite), hardly "left-leaning".

//Johan Jönsson

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