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Sweden's labour migration clampdown will harm green transition: Green Party leader

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Published: 22 May, 2024 CET. Updated: Wed 22 May 2024 09:08 CET
Sweden's labour migration clampdown will harm green transition: Green Party leader
The Green Party's joint leader Daniel Helldén. Photo: Miljöpartiet de gröna
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In this week's Sweden in Focus Extra: Green Party joint leader Daniel Helldén on criticism of government climate policy, the EU elections, immigration and online attacks from far-right troll accounts.

After a turbulent period for the party, the Greens recently put in place a new leadership duo: Daniel Helldén, previously vice mayor of Stockholm, and Amanda Lind, the former culture minister.

We chat this week with Daniel Helldén to find out about the party’s direction ahead of the upcoming EU election and beyond. We also ask where the party stands on new income requirements for work permit holders and what Helldén thinks of revelations about anonymous social media troll accounts run by the Sweden Democrats.

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1. The Green Party were in government for 7 years and Helldén is still wondering about their image of being devoid of ideas re the lack of public transport outside the major cities. Helldén is still totally out of touch with reality. 2. His party was instrumental in closing down 4 nuclear power plants in coalition with the Social Democrats. And now Helldén is whining about Sweden’s electricity needs. Incoherent. And a disappointment that this question wasn’t put to him in the interview.

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