From: jsamuels@lawlab_2.vill.edu (Jeffrey Samuelson)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nordic
Subject: Re: Swedish parliament open for the season
Date: 7 Oct 92 14:07:23 GMT
Organization: Villanova University Law School

In article <1992Oct6.192127.4698@kth.se> tomas_e@NMRVAX.Physchem.KTH.SE (Tomas Eriksson) writes:
>Well, since this group has been rather dead for the last several days, 
>I'll make a contribution...

>Today, Riksdagen (the Swedish Parliament) opened for the season (the 
>year 1992/93). The King held a speech &c. in traditional fashion.

>The Government's policy declaration for the year, read by PM Carl Bildt 
>(conservative), contained one thing worth notice, or rather did *not* 
>contain one item that has been found there for several decades.

>The traditional phrase about "Sweden security policy is to be 
>non-aligned aiming at neutrality in war" had been struck from the policy 
>declaration and replaced with "Sweden is not a member of any of the 
>large military alliances". The fact that the traditional Swedish policy 
>of "neutrality" is somewhat out-of-date in today's Europe is not 
>controversial. However, it is controversial wether Sweden should join 
>the WEU or some kind of common EC/EU defence.

>The speaker of Riksdagen, Ingegerd Troedsson (conservative), wrote a few 
>days ago that she thinks the parliament should be in session during a 
>longer part of the year. Her opinion was that the parliament should be 
>finished for summer a week or two earlier than now, before June 1, but 
>that the parliament should open one month earlier, about September 1. 
>She would also like that the parliamentary year formally would not end 
>until the parliament opens for the next season. This would make it 
>easier and less dramatic to call in the parliament during the summer. 
>Today, the parliament can be called in during the summer to make 
>quick decisions, but hardly just to debate. Mrs. Troedssons opinion was 
>that the parliament should have been in session, and been debating, 
>during the financial/currency crisis a few weeks back. Also, the 
>Swedish fiscal year will probably be aligned with the calendar year in a 
>few years time, and no longer run from July 1 - June 30. This means that 
>the Government's budget will progress through Riksdagen during the 
>autumn, and not during the spring. The budget is usually presented in 
>mid-January, with a batch of additional government proposals coming in 
>April or so.

>Tomas

Our Politicians are too well protected and slippery to get a bead on them.  
Where can I get a license for yours?


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