May 26, 2012
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As new poll numbers show a continued slide in popularity for Sweden's Social Democrats, the party's crisis commission has proposed increasing the influence of members, trimming the size of its governing board and launching an open nomination process.
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Sweden's Trade Union Confederation on Saturday elected as its new president Karl-Petter Thorwaldsson, who proceeded to call for a restoration of the Swedish welfare model. READ (4 COMMENTS) »
Swedes were enjoying a real taste of summer heat on Friday with thermometers indicated record highs in some areas of the country, with more of the same promised over the weekend. READ (5 COMMENTS) »
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a man in connection with the shooting of an Uzbek imam in northern Sweden in February. READ »
Sweden is set to host US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in early June and discussions will concern green energy, internet freedom, Afghanistan and the Middle East READ (3 COMMENTS) »
Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has stated that he is happy at AC Milan and will honour his contract, while bemoaning the club's lack of financial muscle. READ »
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A jealous Swedish woman who murdered her ex-boyfriend’s new partner in September has been sentenced to 14 years in prison. READ (15 COMMENTS) »
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Sweden needs an effective opposition to keep the ruling party in check. Someone has to change; either the modern working Swede, or the Social Democrat Party; the party thinks it's the Swede. While members see the party only as a cosy club whose purpose is to get each other well-paid jobs in public service, rather than an electoral machine to represent the leftward leaning portion of Swedish society, there is no hope for change. Potential party leaders seem to recognise this and don't want the job. Senior party members seem happy with a non-entity they can bully into leaving things just as they are.
The risk is that political gravity will eventually get a grip on the Moderate party. If the only other option is a trip back to the seventies, Sweden is in for a dose of government and policies 50 years out of date.