{"id":1466,"date":"2010-07-13T08:42:03","date_gmt":"2010-07-13T08:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=1466"},"modified":"2010-07-13T09:00:34","modified_gmt":"2010-07-13T09:00:34","slug":"almedalsveckan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/almedalsveckan\/","title":{"rendered":"Almedalsveckan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Around week 27 (since we often\u00a0count in weeks in Sweden) there is Almedalsveckan<\/a> in every year. The purpose of this get-together is to debate about political issues, mingle and have fun. Many people have recently criticized the happening because there is a lot of party and booze involved. Some say that they don\u00b4t want politicians to\u00a0make future decision based on drunken moments.\u00a0The event takes place every year in Visby\u00a0the \u201ccapital\u201d\u00a0of Gotland that is Sweden\u00b4s largest island in the Baltic Sea.\u00a0It is said that politicians are also humans (It isn\u00b4t me who is saying this\u2026I have heard so\u2026) so by this mean they also deserve some relaxation. The programs and debates are opened for everyone. However renting tents and offices are getting\u00a0more and more expensive each year.\u00a0Many people express\u00a0harsh criticism\u00a0against the organizers because in their opinion the prices exclude smaller and less rich organizations. They say that it is becoming a rich men\u00b4s club and\u00a0many of the critical voices have drawn\u00a0parallels between this event and when rich brats taking daddy\u00b4s boat and credit card to the island to have some fun. However, the programs are very interesting and you can meet the Swedish politicians face to face. The debates are often heated but people are seldom rude. Later this year we have elections in Sweden. Almedalsveckan is a great opportunity for the different parties to speak their minds on different issues. No one is afraid\u00a0of using this chance and publicity\u00a0as a part of their campaign. You can follow the seminars, workshops, debates on the net as well. The topics are very different. The hottest Swedish topics right now seem to be global warming, elimination of nuclear power in Sweden\u00a0and\u00a0new jobs.\u00a0Almedalsveckan wouldn\u00b4t be Almedalsveckan without some scandals either. The bone of contention\u00a0are two things: Why\u00a0did Sven-Otto Littorin (former minister of labour) recently mysteriously resign and why did Gudrun Schyman head of FI (Feministisk Initiativ) burn 100 000 SEK (approx 10 000 euros). Well, this last one is easier to answer to. In her opinion there is a huge gap between the salaries of women and men in different sectors in Sweden and the problem hasn\u00b4t really been solved yet\u00a0and it is time to take some actions. It is 100 000 SEK that women lose against men in every minute. (So she says in the video).\u00a0She felt that she couldn\u00b4t really get any attention so she burnt this donated money. Now she has the attention. Even in abroad. The question is whether her party will be able to make it into the Swedish parliament this autumn and make a change. Many people have been accusing her of being irresponsible and tactless when burning the money. Was it worth it; what do you think? Would you burn 10000 euros to get your message through?<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fCs1NO96xZc<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Around week 27 (since we often\u00a0count in weeks in Sweden) there is Almedalsveckan in every year. The purpose of this get-together is to debate about political issues, mingle and have fun. Many people have recently criticized the happening because there is a lot of party and booze involved. Some say that they don\u00b4t want politicians…<\/p>\n

Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10047,10049,10048,3208,10051,10050,3442,3446,10052],"class_list":["post-1466","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-almedalsveckan","tag-feministisk-initiativ","tag-fi","tag-gotland","tag-gudrun-schyman","tag-sven-otto-littorin","tag-sweden","tag-swedish","tag-week-27"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1466"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1494,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1466\/revisions\/1494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}