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            <title><![CDATA[Sweden’s Red-Green parties push government toward tougher EU climate policies despite deadlock]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[S, V, C and the Greens are using their mandate advantage to push the government to pursue red-green climate policies in the EU. “It’s basically every week now that we come together and change the government’s positions,” says Åsa Westlund, S’s climate policy spokesperson.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 16:39:58 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Social Democrats promise free bus travel for students up to high school]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[In a "climate package", the Social Democrats promise free travel on public transport for young people up to and including high school. This will apply in the evenings, on weekends and during holidays.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 08:40:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Social Democrats call for rules to protect homeowners from climate-driven insurance denials]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The government must take initiatives to ensure that homeowners do not risk being denied home insurance in areas heavily affected by climate change and extreme weather, the Social Democrats believe.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 10:42:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Social Democrats' criticism: The government is standing with its pants down]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The government has not managed climate policy during its term in office, and it could be expensive for Sweden, says the Social Democrats' climate policy spokesperson Åsa Westlund.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 12:11:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Kristersson reports on the climate: I'm making it up]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) has been reported to the Riksdag's Constitutional Committee over statements about the climate, reports SVT Nyheter.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:23:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Harsh climate criticism against the government, MP Amanda Lind calls it a disaster]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[In a recent report, the Climate Policy Council criticized the government's climate work - and MP Amanda Lind calls it a disaster. Acting Minister of Climate and Environment Johan Britz (L) disagrees. "The government does not share the council's view," he says in a comment to TT.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 05:01:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Expert: EU detractors are getting their money's worth]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A victory for the German car lobby. This is how Professor Björn-Ola Linnér sums up the proposal from the European Commission to lift the previous ban on new petrol cars after 2035.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 18:22:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[No Swedish minister at the climate summit in Brazil]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The government is sending EU Minister Jessica Rosencrantz (M) to a high-level meeting of heads of state and government taking place in Brazil this week. No Swedish minister will participate in the climate summit itself, which begins next week.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 07:55:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[EU Faces Tough Talks on Baltic Sea Herring Quotas]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The stock of herring in the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Bothnia is heavily fished. When the EU countries are to agree on the fishing quotas for next year, the Swedish government and the EU Commission are the herring's only friends, according to Minister for Rural Affairs Peter Kullgren (Christian Democrats).]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2025 15:19:29 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Education Ministers Meet on School Reforms, No Concrete Outcomes]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Grades and teachers' working conditions were on the table when the ministers at the Ministry of Education met with representatives of all the parliamentary parties. But the most important issue was never raised, according to one of the invited.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 03:31:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Half of Sweden's Private Schools Face Closure Risk]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Swedish Association of Public Schools' industry and employer association is furious about the proposals to reduce the school funding to independent schools. The Social Democrats' educational policy spokesperson, on the other hand, thinks that the austerity measures for independent schools could have come much earlier.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 12:44:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Social Democrats Aim to End Market-Based School System in Sweden]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Social Democratic Party wants to see mandatory requirements for teacher density, class size, and student health in all schools. The party also wants to ban profit-making in preschool, school, and upper secondary school.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2025 14:28:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Independent School Profit Proposal Sparks Industry Concerns in Sweden]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The proposals for restrictions on independent schools distributing profits are far too broad and threaten to bring down the entire industry, according to Andreas Mörck, federation director for Almega Education. The Social Democrats also reject the proposals – but because they do not go far enough.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2025 13:10:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[V and MP: The fundamental problem is the market school]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The government's investigator wants to scrap the F-grade and see a grading scale with ten steps. The Left Party appreciates the proposals, but believes that the fundamental problem remains.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2025 12:20:55 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Social Democrats want the state to take greater responsibility for schools]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Social Democrats want the state to regulate the personnel and teacher density in schools, as well as the size of classes. The goal is better education and for teachers to spend less time on administration.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2025 09:07:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Requirements: Principals should be trained about NPF]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Social Democrats are presenting several proposals aimed at helping students with diagnoses such as ADHD and autism. The party wants headmasters to be educated to a higher degree about NPF and wants to invest in special research schools.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2025 10:19:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pehrson: "Positive message with a bitter aftertaste"]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Swedish students have improved their results in mathematics according to the knowledge measurement Timss. But the measurement also indicates that the Swedish school has not become better at compensating for students' different social backgrounds.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2024 10:18:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Social Democrats want to finance more teachers in the classroom]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2024 09:05:08 GMT</pubDate>
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