Week 36: The foreign minister resigns, accusations against Sida's director general and debate on climate policy
Tobias Billström announced on Wednesday that he is resigning from his position as Minister of Foreign Affairs. The announcement has raised many questions about the reasons for his resignation and who will succeed him. Pictured: Minister of Foreign Affairs Tobias Billström. Photo: Josefine Stenersen/Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU/Flickr.
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The budget statement on climate policy has been overshadowed by it sudden the resignation letter from Foreign Minister Tobias Billström, who has come to dominate debatten on the leader pages that timena week. In the discussions about the government's reform agenda for aidthe politics SvD has published two texts with criticism of Sida's performance reporting and information that previously general directorör Carin Jämtin will have made decisions in strid with the government's instructor.
September 9, 2024, Current debate