September 9, 2010
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Support for new nuclear reactors grows: survey
Politics: 10 Jul 10
A decision in Sweden's parliament, the Riksdag, to allow old nuclear reactors to be replaced has broad support among Swedes, according to a survey presented by the Liberal Party.
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Margot Wallström lands top UN job
Politics: 1 Feb 10
Sweden's Margot Wallström is set to become the UN special representative tasked with combating sexual violence against women and children in conflicts, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced on Sunday
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Wallström voters' pick for Prime Minister: poll
Politics: 9 Jan 10
Social Democrat Margot Wallström is a more popular choice than Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt to lead the country, according to a new poll. The result follows speculation surrounding a secret plan to oust opposition leader Mona Sahlin.
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Malmström handed weighty policy portfolio
Politics: 27 Nov 09
Incoming Swedish EU commissioner Cecilia Malmström has been offered the substantial portfolio covering the police, migration and organized crime, EU Commission President Manuel Barroso announced on Friday.
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Malmström Sweden's new EU commissioner
Politics: 17 Nov 09
Cecilia Malmström, currently Sweden's EU affairs minister, has been nominated as the successor to the country's outgoing EU commissioner, Margot Wallström.
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Swedes cast about for EU job candidates
Politics: 16 Nov 09
Sweden, the current head of the EU's rotating presidency, is ratcheting up its hunt for consensus candidates for two new EU top jobs. Stockholm intends to have the positions filled at a summit later this week.
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Wallström in running for top UN job
Politics: 14 Nov 09
Outgoing Swedish EU commissioner Margot Wallström has been nominated by the government to fill a top job at the United Nations headquarters in New York when her term of office ends early next year.
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Wallström: EU president 'should be a woman'
Politics: 27 Oct 09
Amid discussions by EU foreign ministers about the need for strong leadership, Swedish EU commissioner Margot Wallström has called for the appointment of a woman to serve as EU president.
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EU slammed for 'propaganda'
Politics: 27 Jul 09
The European Union spends millions every year on publicity material about itself that can only be described as propaganda, a Swedish think-tank has said.
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The subtle pleasures of Europe Day: Margot Wallström
Analysis & Opinion: 9 May 09
"If you tried to market the EU as an aphrodisiac, it would rate up there with a nice pair of socks," writes Sweden's EU Commissioner Margot Wallström. But, she adds, May 9th is Europe Day and there's much to celebrate.
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EU commissioner Wallström praises Swedish government
Politics: 4 May 09
The Alliance government is doing a better job in the EU than the previous Social Democratic government headed by Göran Persson, the Swedish EU commissioner and Social Democrat Margot Wallström has said.
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Clinton and Blair in Stockholm climate conference
Science & Technology: 2 Apr 09
Tony Blair, Bill Clinton and Nobel prize-winner Wangari Maathai, met Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt in Stockholm on Wednesday to discuss the impact of the financial crisis on work to arrest climate change.
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Borg tops in Sweden power rankings
National: 14 Nov 08
Finance minister Anders Borg has surpassed prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt as Sweden’s most influential powerbroker, according to a new ranking.
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Journalist union accuses EU over press subsidy secrecy
Politics: 21 Jul 08
The Swedish union of journalists has accused the EU Commission of colluding with media firm Bonniers against the system of press subsidies, and Margot Wallström for tightening secrecy around the Commission's routines.
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Sweden’s National 'Sunny' Day
National: 6 Jun 08
Sweden’s National Day is off to a hotter start than usual with temperatures set to rise up to 30 degrees across most parts of the country.
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Wallström laments lack of women named for top EU jobs
Politics: 7 Mar 08
Only men's names have been put forward for top positions being created in the European Union, Commission Vice President Margot Wallström lamented on Friday.
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Wallström blasts EU as "boys' club"
Politics: 8 Feb 08
European Commission Vice President Margot Wallström says she is tired of male politicians bargaining over top EU jobs in secret back-room discussions.
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EU sets Sweden's emissions targets
Science & Technology: 23 Jan 08
The EU Commission set new goals for Sweden. Photo: Switzerland's environment minister cracks down on CO2.
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Climate change tops agenda at global forest meet
Science & Technology: 1 Jul 07
Heads of state, politicians, scientists, business leaders and aid workers have all been congregating in a Swedish forest to discuss ways of tackling climate change.
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Sweden backing Germany in tough EU talks
National: 18 Jun 07
As negotiations on the EU constitution continue, Sweden is backing German plans for an agreement that preserves as much as possible of the draft constitution rejected by French and Dutch voters in 2005.
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Gore and Wallström united on global warming
Politics: 30 Mar 07
Al Gore was in Sweden on Friday to talk about the effects of global warming with Sweden's EU Commissioner Margot Wallström.
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Sweden can learn from the US on climate
Analysis & Opinion: 30 Mar 07
With Al Gore in Stockholm to debate climate change with Margot Wallström, it is often assumed that the Americans come here to learn from Sweden's success. But Sweden also has a lot to learn from the US, argues Waldemar Ingdahl of think tank Eudoxa.
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Reinfeldt and Wallström praise EU
Politics: 24 Mar 07
Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and European Commissioner Margot Wallström have published a joint article praising the EU on the fiftieth anniversary of the creation of the European bloc.
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Wallström slams party over EU
Politics: 23 Mar 07
European Commissioner and leading Social Democrat Margot Wallström has criticized her own party for its "timid" approach to the EU while in government.
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Wallström 'not breaking rules' by taking new job
Politics: 19 Mar 07
European Commissioner Margot Wallström will not be breaking EU rules by taking a leading role in setting Social Democratic foreign policy, a commission spokesman has insisted.
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Sahlin's first speech wows party faithful
Politics: 18 Mar 07
Mona Sahlin's first speech as the leader of the Social Democrats was received warmly by the party faithful at their conference in Stockholm on Sunday morning.
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Profile: Mona Sahlin
Politics: 17 Mar 07
Mona Sahlin has had a long political career in which she has swung between party darling and outcast. But much remains unknown about how she plans to lead the Social Democrats.
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Profile: Mona Sahlin
Politics: 18 Jan 07
Mona Sahlin has been variously described as careless, tough, lazy and street-smart. Now she is set to become the first ever female leader of Sweden's powerful Social Democrats.
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Sahlin nominated as Social Democrat leader
Politics: 17 Jan 07
It's official. Ex-minister Mona Sahlin has been put forward as the leader of Sweden's Social Democrats, making her almost certain to succeed former prime minister Göran Persson.
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'Sahlin will lead Social Democrats'
Analysis & Opinion: 4 Jan 07
Sweden's Social Democrats are looking for a new leader and Mona Sahlin seems to be the front runner. The Local asked political expert Stig-Björn Ljunggren to help us size up the contenders.
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Ulrica Messing drops out of leadership race
Politics: 3 Jan 07
The job of filling Göran Persson's shoes is likely to fall to a woman. Ulrica Messing is the third potential candidate to turn down the chance of leading the Social Democrats into the next election.
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Sweden loves Reinfeldt and Wallström
National: 29 Dec 06
Who do Swedes most admire? Royals, sports personalities and comedians are all in evidence on the nation's top ten lists - but Swedes reserve greatest admiration for their political leaders.
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Jämtin leaves parliament
Politics: 15 Dec 06
Former minister Carin Jämtin has quit her seat in the Swedish parliament, appearing to confirm that she will not be a candidate to lead the Social Democrats.
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Wallström and Jämtin turn down party leadership
Politics: 11 Dec 06
Stockholm's Social Democrats have called for Margot Wallström, Carin Jämtin or Mona Sahlin to succeed Göran Persson as party leader. But Wallström and Jämtin have both said no.
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Social Democrats "should move to the left"
Politics: 6 Dec 06
Sweden's Social Democrats believe that the way back into power is to the left. That is the view of the chairmen of the party's local associations, who also think it was a mistake to work with the Green Party.
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Sahlin and Jämtin battle for Social Democrat crown
Politics: 1 Dec 06
Mona Sahlin and Carin Jämtin are the only two candidates remaining for the leadership of the Social Democratic Party, reports say. Jämtin is favoured by the party's left wing, while the right favours Sahlin.
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'Two party leaders' idea for Social Democrats
Politics: 28 Nov 06
Former education minister Lena Hallengren has said she wants Margot Wallström and Mona Sahlin to share the job of leading the party.
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Wallström attracts strong support
Politics: 24 Nov 06
EU Commissioner Margot Wallström has gained the support of a number of influential groups in the race to succeed Göran Persson as Social Democrat leader. But she insists she's not interested in the job.
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Next Social Democrat chief 'need not be a woman'
Politics: 27 Oct 06
While many senior figures in the Social Democratic Party are insisting that the next leader must be a woman, local party representatives say they don't care – as long as he or she wins the next election.
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Hunt for Persson's successor begins
Politics: 21 Oct 06
Former foreign minister and deputy prime minister Lena Hjelm-Wallén has been tasked with finding a successor to Göran Persson, who will step down as party leader in March.
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Wallström: I don't want the job
Politics: 21 Sep 06
She's the runaway favourite among party members to be the next Social Democrat leader and take the party back to government, but there's one problem: Margot Wallström doesn't want the job.
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Wallström 'honoured' by leadership support
Politics: 19 Sep 06
Sweden's European commissioner Margot Wallström is emerging as the popular choice to lead the Social Democrats after Göran Persson steps down in March.
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Cakes not good enough for bureaucrats
Society: 29 Aug 06
Environmental health inspectors in a Swedish town have decided to clamp down on a clear and present danger to inhabitants: home-baked cakes. Not our fault, says EU Commissioner Margot Wallström.
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Swedish king says action needed on climate change
National: 31 Jul 05
Global warming threatens the survival of future generations, King Carl Gustaf has told a meeting of world leaders in Sweden. "We need to listen to mother earth" the monarch says.
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World worthies gather in Sweden to debate global issues
Politics: 29 Jul 05
Where better to solve the world's problems than the picturesque lakeside town of Tällberg, 270km north of Stockholm? That's where 450 politicians, artists and business leaders from around the world are gathering to discuss today's big issues.
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"Wallström should go" after holocaust speech
Politics: 15 May 05
There have been calls in Sweden for EU Commissioner Margot Wallström to step down, after she implied that taking powers away from the European Commission could lead to another Holocaust.
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L?emploi en Suède
Smörgåsbord: 5 May 05
Qu’il s’agisse des discours du premier mai, des propositions des syndicats pour réagir face au chômage, ou encore d’un nouveau site internet d’offres d’emplois aux méthodes très controversées, les problèmes lies à l’emploi sont au cœur de l’actualité de la semaine.
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Strident talk on May Day parades
Politics: 2 May 05
Sweden's lefties raise the red flag on their traditional May Day marches. Joblessness is high on the agenda, as Wanja Lundby-Wedin, leader of Sweden's trade unionists, blames high unemployment on the Swedish central bank.
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Smörgåsbord: 22 Apr 05
Pour les francophones curieux de la société suédoise mais pour qui cette langue scandinave reste un grand mystère: The Local vous présente un aperçu des actualités qui ont marquées la vie des suédois cette semaine.
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Persson: I might quit this year
Politics: 19 Apr 05
Prime Minister Göran Persson says that he might resign as leader of the Social Democratic Party, and thereby as prime minister, this autumn. Party activists and commentators are puzzled.
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Margot Wallström: "I don't want to be leader"
Politics: 18 Apr 05
The Social Democrats' golden girl, EU commissioner Margot Wallström, categorically states that she does not want to lead the party when Göran Persson quits. And the party categorically states that it wants her to lead.
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Barrage of bad poll news for Persson
Politics: 25 Mar 05
He’s now only the third most popular party leader, the opposition is rising in the polls, and even his own party members are starting to doubt him. It just keeps on getting worse for Göran Persson.
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"Persson to resign" as Social Democrats slump
Politics: 16 Mar 05
The political rumour mill is up and running with talk of the prime minister's resignation in the autumn. Maybe not surprising as the government plumbs new depths in the polls and the political setbacks mount. A book has even come out saying that the only thing that really matters to Persson is power.
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Persson blocks Wallström from 2006 election
Politics: 25 Feb 05
Göran Persson says that he does not want EU Commissioner and Woman Most Likely To Be Next Prime Minister, Margot Wallström, to take part in the 2006 election. But in curbing his rival's influence is he sacrificing party interests?
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Blair and Schröder "snub Persson"
Politics: 24 Feb 05
Swedish prime minister Göran Persson hosts a summit in Stockholm for Europe's labour party leaders - except that two biggest hitters, Tony Blair and Gerhard Schröder, couldn't make it.
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Social Democrats want female leader
Politics: 27 Aug 04
...but just not yet. Göran Persson's ratings are falling and the party faithful know who they want next. And it's another rough week for Justice Minister Thomas 'Chopper' Bodström.
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Environmental health flaws
Society: 4 Jun 04
Salmonella strikes 129 restaurants, the EU declares 18 Swedish beaches 'sub-standard' and the police forget to confiscate 2,247 illegal weapons.
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Persson is history
Politics: 28 May 04
Plans for a 'Göran Persson museum' send out the wrong message in another tricky week for the prime minister.
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Heavyweights in Brussels bouts
Politics: 21 May 04
Sweden's PM and EU Commissioner indulge in a very public brawl, but nobody else gives two hoots about the European Parliament.
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Feminists crash May Day parties
Politics: 7 May 04
Police floored rioters, but will proposals for an all-female political party hit the established parties where it hurts?
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Minister assaulted
Politics: 23 Apr 04
A female politician, no security, an unknown assailant - we've been here before.
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"He walks up and down the hill past our house at least twice a day. “Never run to the bus stop,” he says, adding, “I should know, I’ve had two bypasses already.” Then, as I let Lucy the dog through the gate, back into our front yard after the early morning walk in the park..." READ »
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