Sweden’s new prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, appointed his 23 ministers and made some changes to the government structure on Tuesday (18), in a ceremony at the Royal Palace. He was confirmed as the country’s new leader by Parliament on Monday (17), after more than a month of negotiations for a coalition agreement.
One of these changes is the integration of the Ministry of the Environment to the “Climate and Business” portfolio. At its head will be Ebba Busch, Minister of Energy, Business and Industry, and Romina Pourmokhtari, Minister of Climate and Environment.
The prime minister will have support from the Swedish Democrats, who are now the biggest party on the right after the September elections. The coalition of the Moderate parties — which Kristersson is a part of — Christian Democrats and Liberals plans to cut taxes, limit benefits, tighten immigration rules and give police more powers.
In the government policy statement, the prime minister stated that the fight against serious crimes must be won and cited concern about recession, inflation and unemployment.
“This comes at a time when Sweden’s biggest economic and social problems are due to high levels of immigration, combined with failed integration and hundreds of thousands of people living in social exclusion and benefit dependency.”
He added that “Swedish asylum law will be adapted to ensure that it is not more generous than what is required of any Member State under EU law”.
Other topics addressed by the prime minister were the climate crisis – noting that it is necessary to recover “reasonable prices” for the population – and the desire to continue the country’s integration into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
In addition, he stressed the need to “equip our defense for a security environment that has not been so uncertain since the Second World War.”
*published by Tiago Tortella, from CNN
*with information from Reuters
Source: CNN Brasil
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