Tag: Annie Lööf
The knife murder during the Almedal Week – a crime that shakes Swedish democracy
Donner’s place in Visby is full of people when Theodor Engström stabs psychiatric coordinator Ing-Marie Wieselgren with a knife in the heart. He is immediately arrested and later convicted also for the plans to kill the then center party leader Annie Lööf. What happens now to one of the proudest symbols of Swedish democracy? Can […]
Muharrem Demirok gives a speech as the new center leader
Yesterday, Muharrem Demirok was elected party leader of the Center Party after Annie Lööf. Now he is giving a speech at the central meeting in Helsingborg, where he will talk about the direction of his politics. Listen to the speech and subsequent analysis by Ekot’s domestic political commentator Fredrik Furtenbach in the live broadcast.
458: New bottom note for the NATO process
Rasmus Paludan’s burning of the Koran angered Turkish President Erdogan so much that he now says that NATO membership is out of the question as long as Sweden allows the burning of the holy book. At the same time, the Social Democrats attack the Sweden Democrats and say that Prime Minister Kristersson’s cooperation with Jimmie […]
Follow the year’s first party leader debate in the Riksdag
The party leaders meet in the year’s first party leader debate in the Riksdag. Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) starts, then in order of party size Magdalena Andersson (S), Jimmie Åkesson (SD), Nooshi Dadgostar (V), Annie Lööf (C), Ebba Busch (KD), Märta Stenevi (MP) and Johan Pehrson ( L). Follow the party leader debate that […]
448: C leaders and F bombs
In the new SVT documentary, someone at the top of the Left Party says “damn pussies” about the Social Democrats. Now everyone is wondering who said it and if the documentary maker Mari Forssblad is ready to reveal it. Annie Lööf’s big shadow The Center Party has chosen three candidates for the party leadership position […]
JUST NOW: Now the verdict against terrorist accused Theodor Engström
Now the verdict against terrorist accused Theodor Engström after the murder of psychiatric coordinator Ing-Marie Wieselgren during the Almedal week this summer. He is also charged with preparation for a terrorist crime, aimed at the Center Party’s party leader Annie Lööf. Despite the fact that Engström suffered from a serious mental disorder during the crime, […]
How the hate affected Annie Lööf’s private life and the price to renovate Rosenbad
In this podcast you meet David Druid and Katherine Zimmerman who were previously colleagues in Morgonpasset in P3. The talk show is their reunion. In the podcast, we also hear Ekot’s political reporter Lova Olsson and the satirist Moa Wallin from the P3 Club. Producer: Sukran Kavak Digital editor: Anton Lundholm The program was recorded […]
That’s how the first trial week after the terrorist murder in Visby has been
This week, the trial began after the murder of psychiatric coordinator Ing-Marie Wielselgren during the Almedal Week in Visby. Theodor Engström is charged with terrorist crime through murder and preparation for terrorist crime through preparation for murder because he also planned to murder Center leader Annie Lööf. Today, among other things, witnesses have had to […]
Right now: Hear the prosecutor about the indictment against terror suspect Theodor Engström
Now charges have been brought after the murder of Ing-Marie Wieselgren, Psychiatry Coordinator for Sweden’s municipalities and regions, she was killed in Visby during the Almedal week last summer. The accused man, who confessed to the crime, is accused of terrorist crimes through murder and preparation for terrorist crimes through preparation for murder or serious […]
Right now: One is charged with terrorist offenses after the knife murder in Almedalen
Now charges have been brought after the murder of Ing-Marie Wieselgren, Psychiatry Coordinator for Sweden’s municipalities and regions, she was killed in Visby during the Almedal week last summer. The accused man, who confessed to the crime, is accused of terrorist crimes through murder and preparation for terrorist crimes through preparation for murder, which are […]
Ulf Kristersson (M) elected prime minister – hear the vote
Guide to the sound: 01.35: Tobias Billström (M) 04.05: Lena Hallengren (S) 08.30: Mats Persson (L) 15.10 Per Bolund (MP) 24:25 Annie Lööf (C) 30.40 Jimmie Åkesson (SD) 36.45 Ebba Busch (KD) 44.45 Nooshi Dadgostar (V) 59.10 The Prime Minister’s vote Cast: Fredrik FurtenbachEcho’s commentator, Katarina Helmersonpolitical reporter at Ekot, Jan Teorellpolitical scientist at Stockholm […]
421: Lööf’s announcement does not change much
The Center Party’s party leader Annie Lööf announces that she believes that Magdalena Andersson is a better candidate for prime minister than Ulf Kristersson. At the same time, the Left Party’s party leader Nooshi Dadgostar demands ministerial positions to back Andersson. What does this mean for the government issue? The politicians are toiling to the […]
Nooshi Dadgostar (V) in Ekot’s party leadership hearing
You will find all of Ekot’s party leader hearings on the page Val 2022. The party leaders will be questioned in P1 morning at 07.15. Here is the order: 8/8 Ulf Kristersson (M) 9/8 Magdalena Andersson (S) 10/8 Per Bolund (MP) 11/8 Johan Pehrson (L) 15/8 Jimmie Åkesson (SD) 16/8 Ebba Busch (KD) 17/8 Annie […]
Right now: Nooshi Dadgostar in Ekot’s party leadership hearing
Today it is the Left Party leader Nooshi Dadgostar’s turn to be questioned in the party leadership hearing in P1 morning with Monica Saarinen and Johar Bendjelloul. The V leader is last in Ekot’s party leader hearings, which have been going on for almost two weeks. Ulf Kristersson (M), Magdalena Andersson (S), Per Bolund (MP), […]
Annie Lööf (C) in Ekot’s party leader hearing
You will find all of Ekot’s party leader hearings on the page Val 2022. The party leaders will be questioned in P1 morning at 07.15. Here is the order: 8/8 Ulf Kristersson (M) 9/8 Magdalena Andersson (S) 10/8 Per Bolund (MP) 11/8 Johan Pehrson (L) 15/8 Jimmie Åkesson (SD) 16/8 Ebba Busch (KD) 17/8 Annie […]
Right now: Annie Lööf in Ekot’s party leader hearing
Today it is Center Party leader Annie Lööf’s turn to be questioned in the party leadership hearing in P1 morning with Monica Saarinen and Johar Bendjelloul. Ekot’s party leader hearings have been going on for over a week. So far, Ulf Kristersson (M), Magdalena Andersson (S), Per Bolund (MP), Johan Pehrson (L), Jimmy Åkesson (SD) […]
Ebba Busch (KD) in Ekot’s party leader hearing
You will find all of Ekot’s party leader hearings on the page Val 2022. The party leaders will be questioned in P1 morning at 07.15. Here is the order: 8/8 Ulf Kristersson (M) 9/8 Magdalena Andersson (S) 10/8 Per Bolund (MP) 11/8 Johan Pehrson (L) 15/8 Jimmie Åkesson (SD) 16/8 Ebba Busch (KD) 17/8 Annie […]
Jimmie Åkesson (SD) in Ekot’s party leader hearing
You will find all of Ekot’s party leader hearings on the page Val 2022. The party leaders will be questioned in P1 morning at 07.15. Here is the order: 8/8 Ulf Kristersson (M) 9/8 Magdalena Andersson (S) 10/8 Per Bolund (MP) 11/8 Johan Pehrson (L) 15/8 Jimmie Åkesson (SD) 16/8 Ebba Busch (KD) 17/8 Annie […]
Summary of Almedalen’s fourth day
During Almedalen’s fourth day, the Sweden Democrats’ party leader gave a speech in the morning and the Center Party’s party leader Annie Lööf gave a speech during the evening. The day is summarized and analyzed by Ekot’s domestic policy spokesperson Tomas Ramberg and host Odd Clausen. Listen to the program above.
The police are holding a press conference after a knife attack in central Visby
A woman died on Wednesday after being stabbed in central Visby in the middle of Almedalen Week just a few meters from a house where the Center held a seminar and party leader Annie Lööf was just about to hold a press conference. The suspected perpetrator was arrested shortly afterwards by the police and is […]
Annie Lööf (C) speaks in Almedalen
The Center Party’s party leader Annie Lööf speaks in Almedalen. The Center Party has today presented proposals to increase emission-free electricity production during the next term, and wants, among other things, a crisis commission to produce more electricity. In previous speeches during the week, Annie Lööf has been criticized by her former alliance colleagues M […]
Right now: Hear Annie Lööf (C) in Ekot’s party leader hearing
The Center Party’s Annie Lööf is the penultimate party leader to give her Almedal speech. In previous speeches during the week, Annie Lööf has been criticized by her former alliance colleagues M and KD, but also by SD for having allied with the Social Democrats. Mikael Kulle asks Annie Lööf and Ekot’s domestic policy commentator […]
415: Andersson goes on Turkish eggshells
Turkey’s demands on Sweden and the government’s concessions to Erdogan continue to plague the Prime Minister. How difficult is this process during that election year? S wants to see a ban on profits in school The Social Democrats want to see an end to profiteering in Swedish schools. Andersson is thus prepared to go further […]
The party leaders ‘favorite team and the sports stars’ political quarrels
We have a special section, a historical one, you could say, where we have invited our first guest, the football expert Richard Henriksson, who knows most about how politics and sports are connected. We get to know which football team the party leaders are cheering on and what it says about their policies. We also […]
New chaos in the Riksdag and angry politicians
There has been budget chaos in the Riksdag. No budget won when there was a vote, something that has never happened before, and a government that was happy that their budget did not go through. Maybe messy, but our domestic political reporter Lova Olsson sorts it all out. The Prime Minister is trying to approach […]
Distrust-tjosanhejsan and the parties’ voter groups
We follow up on how things went in the no-confidence vote for Morgan Johansson. About how it can feel when the political career hangs loose and about Amineh Kakabaveh’s decision. The issue of mistrust also made the Prime Minister turn sour and choose Annie Lööf as a pair of horses when it was time for […]
Member rags at night and Annie’s crisis
Is the Center Party the new crisis party, together with the Green Party and the Liberals? The party has lost half of its voters in one year and one of the reasons is that many of those who normally voted for Annie Lööf now vote for Magdalena Andersson. Much because of Andersson’s personality. Another reason […]
Right now: Agenda’s party leader debate
NATO, the riots, pensions, energy prices and the climate. These are the most important issues in the election year’s first debate in SVT’s Agenda tonight. The two-hour debate is led by Camilla Kvartoft and Anders Holmberg. Participating are Magdalena Andersson (S), Ebba Busch (KD), Nooshi Dadgostar (V), Ulf Kristersson (M), Annie Lööf (C), Johan Pehrson […]
The left’s problem with luxury yachts
After the weekend’s riots, the question of law and order has once again come into focus. Katherine notes a new type of positioning – which of the politicians has talked to the most police officers. It is moving in the NATO issue and this week Aftonbladet’s red leader side decided to change feet – a […]
Right now: Prime Minister’s vote on Magdalena Andersson – again
The second prime ministerial vote on Magdalena Andersson (S) in the Riksdag is now beginning. Several members of the Riksdag will cast their explanations of vote before the actual vote. Annie Lööf (C) talks about a collaboration in the middle and that the alliance rules in many municipalities and regions. “It would be devastating for […]
Government formation 2018 – about betrayal, coffee and the Alliance’s death
A record number of Swedes go to the polls on September 9, 2018, but the next day no one knows who will become prime minister. If all parties adhere to their principles, Sweden will not have a government. Hear about a historic government formation. About how it felt for the moderate leader Ulf Kristersson to […]
Right now: Distrust vote against Stefan Löfven
The risk day is now gathered to vote on the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Stefan Löfven, which decides the Swedish government’s future. The background is that the left-wing leader Nooshi Dadgostar has stated that she lacks confidence in Stefan Löfven due to the government’s investigation proposal to introduce free renting on newly produced tenancies. […]
Stefan Löfven and Annie Lööf make a new offer to V: The parties will negotiate the rental issue
Prime Minister Stefan Löfven is holding a digital press conference together with the Center Party’s party leader Annie Lööf. The parties in the housing market may negotiate, says Prime Minister Stefan Löfven at a press conference in an attempt to resolve the government crisis. Tomorrow a vote will be held on a motion of censure […]
M surprised by C’s migration announcement
The Center Party will largely support the government’s proposal for a new migration policy, Annie Lööf gave the message on Facebook tonight. But the message surprises the Moderates’ migration policy spokesperson, Maria Malmer Stenergard, who believes that four of the proposals that M, SD, KD and L presented this weekend are the Center Party’s policy. […]
C votes in favor of the government’s proposal for a new migration policy
The Center Party will vote on the proposal for a new migration policy presented by the government, not on what the Moderates, Sweden Democrats, Christian Democrats and Liberals presented on Sunday. The center will also present some of its own motion proposals regarding migration policy. Center leader Annie Lööf wrote this on Facebook on Tuesday […]
Ramberg: The consensus collapsed in front of the viewers in a live broadcast
During Sunday night’s party leader debate on SVT, things got really hot when the center leader Annie Lööf and the Sweden Democrats’ Jimmie Åkesson sought explanations for the problem of men’s violence against women. At the same time, the second part of the debate was marked by the care queues and the time after the […]
Lööf: I feel such contempt
In tonight’s party leader debate on SVT, it was hot when the topic of men’s violence against women came up. When Jimmie Åkesson (SD) reasoned that Sweden “imported” certain values through long-term immigration, Annie Lööf (C) directed harsh criticism at him. “I feel such contempt when I hear your reasoning. Do not let this debate […]
Annie Lööf: The Center Party’s door is wide open in the political center
The Center Party’s leader Annie Lööf told Expressen yesterday that the center is obviously going to the polls to sit in government and is prepared to sit in government with both Social Democrats and Moderates “. This has led to a lot of comments and questions about the government issue after the next election. “Exactly […]
Tomas Ramberg: The dream of the alliance resurfacing is not realistic
There is a dream within all the phalanxes of the Liberals to re-establish the bourgeois alliance. The question is whether there are any realistic government alternatives at all for the party. The party board’s majority proposal raises more question marks than it answers – but had it been clearer, it would not have been able […]
Löfven welcomes Lööf’s message
Prime Minister Stefan Löfven welcomes Center Party leader Annie Lööf’s announcement that the party may consider supporting the Social Democrats also after the next election. In a comment to SVT Nyheter, Löfven writes that “We have and have had a good collaboration in a difficult parliamentary situation. But also after the next election, collaborations will […]
The political game
After Trump’s election loss and the storming of the Capitol, one can sense a new wave of criticism of nationalism and right-wing populism. This was not least noticeable in this week’s party leader debate, where both Prime Minister Stefan Löfven and Annie Lööf attacked Jimmie Åkesson. In this week’s episode we immerse ourselves in the […]
Löfven: “Give welfare peace of mind”
In this year’s first party leader debate, Prime Minister Stefan Löfven urges the parties in the Riksdag to invest in welfare with four proposals: – Refrain from municipal tax cuts that mean that necessary investments are not made, full focus on welfare in budgets at all levels, ensure that the municipalities use the money set […]
Lööf comments on the information about Federley: “It became unsustainable to stay”
The Center Party’s second vice-president, EU parliamentarian Fredrick Federley, has left his political duties after it emerged that a former relative of his had been convicted of aggravated rape of a child. “It became unsustainable to stay,” says Annie Lööf about Federley’s departure. “Right now, Fredrick Federley has actually left all his assignments, and what […]
Center: Wise decision by Fredrick Federley to leave his post
MEP Fredrick Federley (C) is leaving politics. The Center Party’s party secretary Michael Arthursson tells Ekot that it is a wise decision by Fredrick Federley to leave his posts and focus on his health. In a written statement, party leader Annie Lööf writes that what has happened has caused enormous difficulties for Fredrick to continue […]
Fredrick Federley leaves politics
MEP Fredrick Federley (C) is leaving politics, reports Dalarnas Tidningar. “It is impossible to defend against this. It affects my family and my relatives. So I have realized that I am allowed to leave politics, “Federley told the newspaper. “It is a wise decision by Fredrick Federley to leave his duties to fully focus on […]
The Center Party welcomes the LO unions’ message
The background to the parties’ agreement is the agreement between the government, the Liberals and the Center Party that the law on employment protection will be amended. Center leader Annie Lööf calls the announcement “a historic new Saltsjöbad agreement” which means greater flexibility for companies and an opportunity for skills development for care assistants, industrial […]
The center says no to high school teams
This is stated by party leader Annie Lööf and migration policy spokesperson Jonny Cato in a debate article in Aftonbladet today. The message is received with dismay within the Green Party, which had counted on the center’s support in the matter. “This turnaround from the Center Party is very serious, the change in the law […]
Continued talks about reading between LO and C
The Center Party has said no to giving LO influence over the new las legislation that will now be produced within the Government Offices. But despite the sometimes harsh tone, contacts continue to be made between the two players, Ekot can now reveal. On Friday, LO’s top leadership and the Center Party’s Annie Lööf and […]
Löfven wants to investigate labor law again
Prime Minister Stefan Löfven wants another inquiry into labor law, he tells SVT. The Liberals and the Center Party have accepted a new inquiry into labor law based on the agreement between the salaried trade union PTK and the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, an agreement that LO said no to. This is confirmed by Prime […]
LO’s chairman: If we get a good offer, we are part of the solution
The Center Party hopes that LO will change and join the reading agreement, which both the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise and PTK have agreed to. But according to LO’s chairman Susanna Gideonsson, it would require new negotiations, as they have already been concluded. At the same time, she now gives an opening. – If we […]
C hopes that LO will change the las agreement
The Center Party hopes that LO will change and join the reading agreement, which both the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise and PTK have agreed to. – LO has parked outside, but I hope that there is a force within LO that they also want to come back and end up behind the main agreement that […]
V: The threat of distrust of Löfven is paused
The announcement that the social partners will once again sit down at the negotiating table on labor law is welcomed by the party leaders. The Left Party announces that this means that the threat of distrust of Prime Minister Stefan Löfven and the government is temporarily paused. – This is very good news. We want […]
Lööf: Now it is the inquiry’s proposal that applies
Center leader Annie Lööf regrets today that the parties’ negotiations on labor law stalled, their proposal was even better than the labor law investigation, she says. But now it is the state labor law investigation’s proposal that applies.despite the fact that the Social Democrats are critical. – For me, it is a matter of trust. […]
Lööf does not close the door to give the parties more time
Now the policy will take over and legislate on labor law. That is the message from Center leader Annie Lööf after the failed negotiations. But she regrets that the social partners have not been able to agree and she is prepared to give them more time, if they ask for it. – If the parties […]
18 billion in reduced employer contributions for young people
The employer contribution for young people is reduced by a total of SEK 18 billion over two years. It is proposed by the government together with the Center Party and the Liberals in the state budget that will come on Monday. – This will be an important crisis measure now to give Sweden an economic […]
Löfven: “A devilish investment in welfare”
It will be a major investment in welfare in next year’s budget. – It is the largest investment in Swedish elderly care ever, says Prime Minister Stefan Löfven (S). At a press conference together with Center leader Annie Lööf, the Prime Minister calls the package a “seven-fold investment in welfare”. Among other things, the government […]
