The Moderate Party - ideas for the future

The Moderate Party wants to form a society where individuals have greater freedom and independence. In the Party Programme's preamble this is expressed as follows:

"The Party's view of the individual is founded on the ethics and traditions of humanism and solidarity which have their roots in christianity. Our politics emanate from the conviction that every person is unique and has her own value. This opinion is firmly founded in the humanism which characterizes western civilization".

Between 1991-94, the Chairman of the Moderate Party, Mr Carl Bildt, headed the government. These years saw many achievements including tax-cuts, advancement towards Swedish membership of the European Union, privatizations and the increased freedom of choice for child-care, health-care and schools. Prime Minister Mr Bildt led Sweden into the information technology age. In 1994 he connected the Prime Minister's office to the Internet and became the first European head of state to be reachable through e-mail.

Since 1994, the Moderate Party has been the largest opposition party and supported by one third of the voters in opinion-polls. The electorate associates the Moderate Party with ideas for the future, while the socialist government is associated with policies of the past.

In 1995, Sweden became a member of the European Union, something the Moderate Party had worked for since the early sixties. The party has five representatives in the European Parliament and works together with the parliamentary group of the European People's Party.


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