Tag: Per Bolund

  • Daniel Helldén gives his first speech as spokesperson

    Daniel Helldén gives his first speech as spokesperson

    Daniel Helldén will be the Green Party’s new male spokesperson after Per Bolund, it was announced at the Green Party’s congress on Saturday. Now he gives his first speech as mouthpiece. With commentary by Ekot’s political reporter, Ci Holmgren.

  • 498: The mouthpiece post game

    498: The mouthpiece post game

    In November, the Green Party will hold a congress and the party will appoint Per Bolund’s successor as spokesperson. The selection committee wants to see Daniel Helldén, but it seems that Märta Stenevi would rather have another pair horse. How serious is the conflict? And can any challenger trump Helldén at the congress? Fredriks Frekka…

  • 477: Therefore Per Bolund quits

    477: Therefore Per Bolund quits

    The Green Party’s Per Bolund announced on Thursday that he is stepping down as spokesperson after four years in the post. So what is it that he has achieved in these years and what does he mean by the party having made “a hell of a lift”? Bolund’s departure may also start the old discussions…

  • Limbo situation in the NATO process, the Green Party’s way forward, and the drought that makes it difficult for Swedish farmers

    Limbo situation in the NATO process, the Green Party’s way forward, and the drought that makes it difficult for Swedish farmers

    In hour 1: Sweden’s way forward in the NATO process. What does the limbo situation we are in mean for Sweden’s defense capabilities and planning? About new recruitment of young people to the criminal networks. How does it happen and how can it be stopped? Reportage from Svalbard, one of the world’s most gun-dense societies…

  • Per Bolund (MP): Ban nuclear weapons in Sweden

    Per Bolund (MP): Ban nuclear weapons in Sweden

    The Green Party still thinks that Sweden should not join NATO, but still does not want the application to be withdrawn, because it has already been submitted and there is a broad majority in the Riksdag for NATO membership. Can it be said that the Green Party has gone from being opposed to NATO to…

  • Nooshi Dadgostar (V) in Ekot’s party leadership hearing

    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

    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

    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…

  • Jimmie Åkesson (SD) in Ekot’s party leader hearing

    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…

  • 420: Wallet election without election promises

    420: Wallet election without election promises

    Ulf Kristersson (M), Magdalena Andersson (S), Per Bolund (MP) and Johan Pehrson (L) have all been interviewed in Ekot’s party leader hearings during the week. They were asked questions about everything from property tax to mining, free schools, government cooperation and human rights in Turkey. What were the key messages and why did the party…

  • Summary of Almedalen’s fifth day

    Summary of Almedalen’s fifth day

    Almedalen’s fifth day was half a day and the Green Party’s one spokesman Per Bolund gave a speech in the morning. The day is summarized and analyzed by Ekot’s domestic policy spokesman Fredrik Furtenbach and host Odd Clausen. Listen to the program above.

  • 419: MP has started listening to himself

    419: MP has started listening to himself

    The knife murder in Almedalen also dominated the last day of the politicians’ week in Visby. The Green Party’s spokespersons Märta Stenevi and Per Bolund highlighted this in their speech. After that, Per Bolund continued with a clear climate focus in his speech. With two months left until the election, the MP seems to be…

  • Right now: Hear Per Bolund (MP) speak in Almedalen

    Right now: Hear Per Bolund (MP) speak in Almedalen

    The Green Party’s spokesman Per Bolund is the last of the party leaders to give a speech on the Almedalen stage. Earlier, the party’s second spokeswoman Märta Stenevi spoke in P1’s hearing on fuel prices, something that many expect to be a large part of Bolund’s speech today. Hear the speech directly from Almedalen here…

  • Noise in the House and the wait for NATO messages

    Noise in the House and the wait for NATO messages

    We talk about what you can and cannot do in the Riksdag – because there has been trouble there this week. For example, you must not swear, as Minister of Justice Morgan Johansson (S) did this week. You must always start with Mr Talman, only speak Swedish and not comment on anyone’s appearance, as former…

  • Sweden’s first female prime minister ends hours later

    Sweden’s first female prime minister ends hours later

    COPENHAGEN, DENMARK – Hours after being named Sweden’s first female prime minister, Magdalena Andersson resigned on Wednesday after suffering a budget defeat in parliament and her coalition partner The Greens left the minority government with two parties. The government’s own budget proposal was rejected in favor of one presented by the opposition, which includes the…

  • Government: Cementa may continue lime mining in Slite

    Government: Cementa may continue lime mining in Slite

    The government gives the green light to Cementa to continue mining lime in Slite on Gotland, states Minister of the Environment and Climate Per Bolund and Minister of Trade and Industry Ibrahim Baylan at a press conference. Cementa will receive a temporary extension until 31 December 2022. The company has previously applied for an extension…

  • Per Bolund (MP) on Cementa’s lime mining on Gotland

    Per Bolund (MP) on Cementa’s lime mining on Gotland

    Hear the MP leader about Cementa, the climate summit in Glasgow, the final repository in Forsmark and the relationship with the Center Party. The Green Party’s spokesperson and Sweden’s Minister of the Environment and Climate Per Bolund is this week’s guest in Ekot’s Saturday interview. Comment: My Rohwedder, domestic policy commentator at Aftonbladet. Host: Mikael…

  • The game behind the high petrol prices

    The game behind the high petrol prices

    Host:Hanna Malmodin Voices and participants in the program: Kristian Åström, financial commentator for Swedish RadioChristian Kopfer, commodity analyst at Handelsbanken Pelle Derewecki, administrator of the Swedish Energy AgencySofie Quant, Head of Communications Drivkraft SverigeJan-Erik Ytterbom, haulierOscar Palm, farmer GislavedPalle Borgström, chairman of LRFPer Bolund, Minister of the Environment (MP) Producer:Olof Wijnbladh Techniques:Tim Kellerman [email protected]

  • Per Bolund (MP) smoked together with Jimmie Åkesson (SD) in the party leader debate

    Per Bolund (MP) smoked together with Jimmie Åkesson (SD) in the party leader debate

    Hear a conversation with Fredrik Furtenbach, domestic political commentator at Ekot and My Rohwedder, political commentator at Aftonbladet. The feature was published in Studio one on Monday, October 11, 2021.

  • The government is giving the go-ahead for an expanded nuclear waste stockpile

    The government is giving the go-ahead for an expanded nuclear waste stockpile

    The government is giving the go-ahead for the intermediate storage facility in Oskarshamn to receive more spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste. This is stated by Minister of the Environment and Climate Per Bolund (MP) for TT. “The government has today decided to allow an increase in capacity in Clab. This is so that we…

  • The government wants to extend Cementa’s permit

    The government wants to extend Cementa’s permit

    The government wants to give Cementa another eight months’ opportunity to mine limestone on Gotland, says Minister of the Environment and Trade Per Bolund (MP) at a press conference together with Minister of Trade and Industry Ibrahim Baylan (S). The government decision comes after the Supreme Land and Environmental Court rejected Cementa’s application for a…

  • Antibiotic labeling for meat must be investigated

    Antibiotic labeling for meat must be investigated

    The government appoints an inquiry into whether meat can be provided with a declaration of how much antibiotic is used in animal husbandry Sweden’s farmers use fewer antibiotics than in many other countries, but it is difficult for consumers to know “Sweden wants to help reduce global antibiotic use and thereby also reduce the risk…

  • Municipalities require a timetable for nuclear waste

    Municipalities require a timetable for nuclear waste

    The Nuclear Power Municipalities’ Cooperation Body, KSO, wants to see a timetable from the government for the work with Sweden’s used nuclear waste. “It is about the safety of our population,” says KSO’s chairman Margareta Widén Berggren (S). P4 Uppland has applied for Minister of the Environment and Climate Per Bolund (MP), without success.

  • Researchers demand more measures to reduce car traffic

    Researchers demand more measures to reduce car traffic

    Now comes criticism from traffic researchers against the government’s new infrastructure bill that wants to see measures for reduced car traffic and a clearer plan for how the climate goal is to be achieved for transport – We will do something big together. We will build the world’s first fossil-free welfare state. This is how…

  • The municipality wants to expand the final repository

    The municipality wants to expand the final repository

    Östhammar municipality says yes to an expansion of the existing final repository for short-lived radioactive waste in Forsmark. The next step in the process is a government decision, but when such a decision will come is unclear. “There is no set date for a decision, but the issue is being prepared right now and the…

  • Climate summit begins in the US: “Want to show leadership”

    Climate summit begins in the US: “Want to show leadership”

    US President Joe Biden has invited 40 world leaders to an international climate summit starting today. Sweden’s Minister of the Environment and Climate Per Bolund is one of the participants. It is about getting countries to promise greater emission reductions and also proving that the United States now intends to do the same. The meeting…

  • Right now: The government wants to close Bromma Airport

    Right now: The government wants to close Bromma Airport

    The government is appointing a rapid investigation into the closure. The land could be used for housing instead, says Minister of the Environment and Climate Per Bolund. He is holding a press conference together with the Minister of Infrastructure, Tomas Eneroth. The echo transmits immediately.

  • Sweden is invited to the climate summit

    Sweden is invited to the climate summit

    Sweden has been invited to President Joe Biden’s climate summit to be held at the end of the week. Minister of the Environment Per Bolund will participate in a roundtable discussion organized by the US climate envoy John Kerry on Friday, and then talk about the Swedish industrial investments in fossil-free steel, electric car batteries…

  • More money for reduced congestion in public transport

    More money for reduced congestion in public transport

    In the coming spring budget, the government and the coalition parties want to invest an additional SEK 1 billion in public transport. “It must be strong, even in times of crisis,” says Minister of the Environment and Climate Per Bolund. But according to Kristoffer Tamsons (M), traffic region councilor in Stockholm and chairman of the…

  • 30 million extra for green jobs

    30 million extra for green jobs

    The government is investing SEK 10 million in so-called jobs close to nature aimed at young people. SEK 180 million has already been set aside for 2021, but in the coming spring change budget, extra funds will be allocated. “Now it is a whole generation that is graduating from high school and facing an extremely…

  • The Minister of the Environment wants to order a mobile phone

    The Minister of the Environment wants to order a mobile phone

    A deposit on your old mobile, could become a reality according to Minister of the Environment Per Bolund. Which thus goes against the investigation proposal that was presented today, where they instead want to increase the producers’ responsibility when it comes to recycling mobile phones. Unlike the Minister of the Environment, the investigator Gunnar Fredriksson…

  • Policy insufficient for climate change

    Policy insufficient for climate change

    The government is investing too little in achieving the climate goals in the recovery policy during the pandemic, according to the Climate Policy Council’s annual report. Minister of the Environment and Climate Per Bolund: “We are in the middle of crisis management, but with sustainable investments we must at the same time reduce the climate…

  • Right now

    Right now

    The recent fires on waste heaps in Sweden have led the government to now review the growing problem of illegal waste management. But many of the municipalities that are already affected risk having to bear the costs themselves. “In the first instance, we will demand money from the person who put the waste there, but…