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Yesterday, the Swedish Social Democrats’ party secretary, Carin Jämtin held a brief press conference where she announced that the party’s executive committee would submit a proposal on an acting party leader to the party board meeting on Friday. The former party leader, Håkan Juholt resigned on Saturday. According to Västerbottens Folkblad sources, the president of the trade [...]
On Monday, Norwegians went to the ballot boxes in the local elections. The election was a success for the Labour Party, which had its best election in 24 years. Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said on election night: “The election campaign we’ve just put behind us is one of the most special election campaigns the Labour [...]
A majority of Danish voters are prepared to work more if it means that there are no cutbacks in the public welfare. That can be read in an opinion poll commissioned by The Danish Confederation of Trade Unions (LO). According to the poll that was conducted by TNS Gallup, 62 percent of Danes are prepared [...]
At the AGM on Monday the Swedish Labour Movement Think Tank (Arbetarrörelsens tankesmedja) elected a completely new board. The board is now composed solely of women. Kerstin Alnebratt who has a PhD in Gender Studies and is director of the Swedish National Secretariat for Gender Research at the University of Gothenburg was elected president. Between 1994-2002 she [...]
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