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{{WikipediaQuote|URL=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moderate_Party}}
<blockquote>The '''Moderate Party''' (Swedish: ''Moderata samlingspartiet'', '''M'''', literally "Moderate Coalition Party" or "Moderate Unity Party"; commonly referred to as ''Moderaterna'': "Moderates") is a liberal-conservativepolitical conservative political party in Sweden. The party generally supports tax cuts, the free market, civil liberties and economic liberalism. Internationally, it is a full member of the International Democrat Union and European People's Party.</blockquote>
Moderaterna got 20.1% of the mandates in the Riksdagen (parliament) election 2018. They are the second largest party 2018-2022.
== Prohibition of genital mutilation on boys ==
In Autumn 2019, they had a General Meeting where the legal prohibition of genital mutilation on boys was discussed. A proposal to ban [[circumcision ]] on boys other than for medical reasons, had been written by the members Anna af Sillén and Maria Gilstig.<ref>[[File:Moderaterna_motion4_8_omskaerelse.pdf]]</ref> Several party members voted for protecting boys from harm. However, the proposition was turned down. A majority of the party board (except Linda Frohm and Katarina Jonsson) asays no, and emphasizes that circumcision is a relatively common and accepted intervention in much of the world. It should have "links to traditions with deeply religious motives for the Jewish population, for example," and would not conflict with the Children's Convention, writes the party board.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=83&artikel=7311819
|title=M-krav inför stämman: Förbjud omskärelse
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* "Nobody claims it is a serious "ingrip" against the boys who get [[circumcised]]."
: (The Swedish word ''ingrepp'' is translated to "procedure" or "operation" but has much stronger connotations, like "attack" or "intervention".)
* "I think one shall have a great respect for religious freedom"
* "I think it is very, very reasonable to have respect for this tradition"
</blockquote>
==2022 election results==
The Moderate Party controlled 68 seats in the Riksdag after the 2022 election. It is now the third-largest party in Sweden just behind the [[Sverigedemokraterna| Sweden Democrats]] with 19.5 percent of the seats in the Riksdag.<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Swedish election: The astonishing rise of the right-wing Sweden Democrats
|url=https://www.dw.com/en/swedish-election-the-astonishing-rise-of-the-right-wing-sweden-democrats/a-63100694
|publisher=Deutsche Welle
|website=
|date=2022-09-15
|accessdate=2022-09-19
}}</ref>
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* {{URLwebsite|https://moderaterna.se/|2022-09-22}}
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