Fredrik Brange, former L-chairman in Lund, is appointed as new party secretary in The Liberals, the party announces.
Swedish politicsMinister for Labour Market and Integration Mats Persson (The Liberals) is leaving, he says to TT. I have been in national politics for ten years and feel that it is time to do something else in life.
Swedish politicsThe SD leader Jimmie Åkesson thinks that it is basically good that the US has intervened militarily in Iran and would like to see the regime fall. Continuing to strike out leaders of this Islamic regime is an effective way to bring about a change, he says.
SwedenThe Liberals' new party leader Simona Mohamsson goes on the attack against the red-greens in her Almedalen speech. She also promises to work for a bourgeois prime minister ahead of the 2026 election. On the left side of politics, both consensus and insight into Sweden's problems are lacking, she says.
Swedish politicsThe nominating committee presents Simona Mohamsson as a candidate to take over the party leader role for The Liberals. After several heavy names are said to have declined, the 30-year-old is faced with a major challenge. I am quite surprised that she is being proposed. She is skilled but at the same time very untested, says political scientist Jenny Madestam.
Swedish politicsFor a couple of months ago, she became surprisingly party secretary in The Liberals. Now Simona Mohamsson is proposed to become new party leader. A rocket career, and now she must quickly become known to the voters. With me as party leader, The Liberals will become less anxious, she says.
Swedish politicsMinister for Gender Equality Nina Larsson is one of those who is pointed out as a possible new party leader for The Liberals. It is not current, she says.
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