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söndag, januari 22, 2012

Swedish Social Democrat Leader Juholt Resigns Amid Slump

Jan. 21 Bloomberg - Swedish Social Democratic leader Hakan Juholt resigned 10 months into the job as support tumbled after he had to repay a housing allowance and sparked internal party criticism for not raising unemployment benefits in a shadow budget.
“I have made mistakes as party chairman,” he said today at a televised press conference in his hometown of Oskarshamn. “I don’t want to stand in the way for the fresh start that the Social Democrats and Sweden need.”

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