In the run-up to the EU elections, climate has once again become an issue for voters. On one side of the debate: climate activist Greta Thunberg. On the other: the right-wing nationalist Sweden Democrats
In the run-up to the EU elections, climate is once again an issue for voters, with climate activist Greta Thunberg leading protests at Stockholm’s parliamentSwedish climate activist Greta Thunberg attends a rally in Malmö in protest against Israel's participation in this year's Eurovision Song Contest.
“The Swedish government has identified the EU level as the most important climate policy arena and that this is where policy can have the greatest impact,” says Naghmeh Nasiritousi, who researches climate policy at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs and Linköping University. Since the 2022 elections, Sweden has been governed by a right-wing coalition. The three-party liberal-conservative government, together with its partner, the anti-immigration and nationalist Sweden Democrats, have made a number of reforms to bring down the skyrocketing prices of diesel and petrol. And now forecasts point to sharply increased emissions and missed national climate targets.
Erik Nilsson is a political reporter at Svenska Dagbladet, one of Sweden’s main morning newspapers. This article is part of the Voices of Europe 2024 collaborative project, involving 27 media outlets from all over the EU and co-ordinated byYou steal a can of beer or damage an abandoned bike. Should you be jailed?‘For us, Rwanda equals death’: an asylum seeker in England on the UK government’s deportation planI visited Singapore to see why it is ranked as the top education system in the world.
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