The Danish Liberal, Conservative and Danish People’s parties feel that the nationalist Sweden Democrats have been subjected to censorship in the run-up to the Swedish elections on September 19th and as a result the Council of Europe should be asked to send election observers to the country, Jyllands-Posten writes.

The Liberal Foreign Policy Spokesman Michael Aastrup Jensen, who is also chairman of the Danish delegation to the Council of Europe, plans to put the issue on the agenda of the next Council of Europe meeting in October.

“It would be reasonable to send observers to Swedish elections. I will be discussing with Council of Europe member countries whether Sweden should be put under some form of monitoring so that we ensure democracy in the future,” he tells Jyllands-Posten.

VKO feels there are several democratic problems with the Swedish election campaign, including a recent decision by the TV4 company to reject a controversial advertisement for the right-wing Sweden Democrats. The parties also believe there is a problem with the Swedish voting system in that voters have to choose in public which voting sheets they want to take into their booth.