Andersson: Ministers should not trade shares if I become prime minister

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Andersson: Ministers should not trade shares if I become prime minister
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Andersson wants to introduce a code of conduct for ministers.

"As a minister, you should be respectful and not lie. You should make it clear that you are acting for the good of Sweden and not in private interests. Therefore, the code of conduct will contain a ban on ministers trading in individual shares," she writes on Instagram.

Last winter, the Government Offices developed new guidelines for ministers' shareholdings after it became known that sitting ministers had taken part in decisions concerning companies in which they or their close associates owned shares.

Should it be forbidden to own shares?

No, you can own shares and, not least, you can own funds, but you shouldn't keep trading them in the way this government has done, says Andersson.

The S leader also writes that she wants more cooperation across bloc boundaries, insists that changes to the constitution have a "broad majority" and that she wants to protect a well-functioning opposition and scrutiny.

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