Swedish MP David Lång from the right-wing populist Sweden Democrats has resigned his mandate after singing “Foreigners out” at an EU election party. The party announced this on Monday, according to the news agency TT. According to a report from the Swedish newspaper Expressen, Lång sang anti-immigration lyrics to the party hit “L’amour toujours” at the event on Sunday evening.
Recently, there have been repeated incidents in which racist slogans were sung to the Eurodance song by Gigi D’Agostino. In Germany, a video caused a stir, showing young people in a bar on the island of Sylt chanting “Germany for the Germans, foreigners out” to the song.
In an audio recording from the Sweden Democrats’ election party after the EU elections, “L’amour toujours” can be heard in the background while an Expressen reporter interviews a member of the party. The interview is interrupted by Lång singing “Foreigners out, foreigners out”. Lång can then be heard saying “Oh shit” and asking if the reporter recorded it.
According to a statement from the party, leader Linda Lindberg asked Lång to resign after hearing about his behavior at
