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Ebba Busch stated that she, together with the chairman of the Committee on Industry, Anders Ådahl (C), had initiated a meeting on Thursday about the energy situation ahead of winter. She wrote that she looked forward to informing the committee about the government's and agencies' assessments, work, and situation together with the directors general of the Swedish Energy Agency, Svenska kraftnät, and the Energy Market Inspectorate. #Energi #Energipolitik #Sverigemyrkade (translated)

The taxpayers stated that Pia Olsen Dyhr in a new video talked about how much an ordinary family could save with differentiated VAT. The organization claimed that she did not mention that the electricity tax was planned to rise sharply from January 1, 2028, which according to the taxpayers would cost the same family almost 4,000 crowns extra per year. The taxpayers wrote that the politicians could avoid the increase without new IT systems, more bureaucracy, or changes to the VAT system, if they refrained from raising the electricity tax. The organization encouraged people to sign a petition. https://t.co/ksVyPcmDRk #DifferenteretMoms #Elafgift #Politik (translated)

Jimmie Åkesson from the Sweden Democrats has invited Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist from the Center Party to an open-ended conversation about the parliamentary situation, while he maintains the demand for the Sweden Democrats to be part of the government. #Sverige #politiksamtal #Sverigedemokraterna (translated)

– Those who are responsible for this are the ones who have put the country in this situation. The government does not understand how strong the anger is in this country, says the party’s economic spokesperson Éric Coquerel to French radio. #Frankrike #Kravaller #Polisen (translated)

His Left Party The unconquered France distances itself from violence and dismisses the criticism from the government and the leader of the radical right opposition, Marine Le Pen, that the left should have better control over who participates in its marches. #Frankrike #Kravaller #Polisen (translated)

Mats Ekberg wrote that the Centre Party described the Environmental Party as anti-growth, stated that the Left Party damaged the Swedish economy, and believed that the Social Democrats thought the state could solve everything. He questioned why the Centre Party nonetheless chose to include these parties in a government. https://t.co/H590nTCfnw #svpol #politik #regering (translated)

France has awoken to a politically divided and partially devastated nation after violent protests over the weekend, where over 1,200 people were arrested and 150 police officers were injured in a demonstration against the government and high living costs. #ProtesterFrankrike #Våldsamheter #PolitiskKris (translated)

Ulf Kristersson wrote that on that day it had been eleven years since the Swedish citizen Gui Minhai was deprived of his liberty by China. He stated that the case was highly prioritized by the Swedish government and the EU and that he had recently raised it with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Kristersson said that the work for Gui Minhai to be released and reunited with his daughter and family continued tirelessly. #GuiMinhai #mänskligaRättigheter #Sverige (translated)

Steven Arrazola de Oñate described Trump's response as interesting and wrote that there was much speculation about the backgrounds of the war. He suggested that the American president might have information that was not public. As a reason to critically examine the official narrative, he referred to previous CIA involvement in regime changes and the destabilization of governments, including in Iran in 1953, Guatemala in 1954, and Chile in the 1970s. According to him, that did not prove anything about the current war in and of itself. Arrazola de Oñate found Trump's wish to end the war even more important. He wrote that thousands of soldiers were dying every month and that preventing more casualties should carry more weight than trying to prove one's own point. At the same time, he stated that a large part of the European political elite depicted Trump as a dangerous dictator, while those same politicians, according to him, insisted on continuing the fight. He wrote that negotiations were framed as weakness and continuing to fight as moral superiority. Finally, he stated that the truth would ultimately come to light. #Trump #oorlog #waarheid (translated)

Existenz.se wrote that Member of Parliament Louise Meijer (M) had proposed a constitutional amendment that would require ten years of Swedish citizenship to be elected to the parliament. According to the post, she presented the proposal in a private motion after the Left Party's Mohamed Ali had recently been elected through personal votes, seven months after he received Swedish citizenship. According to Existenz.se, Meijer believed that a qualification period would give people time to integrate and deepen their understanding of Sweden's democratic system and institutions. Since the proposal required a change in the constitution, she urged the government to establish a constitutional inquiry. #grundlag #demokrati #svenskpolitik (translated)

Ida Gabrielsson wrote that the Left Party needed to be part of the government to abolish the market school. Otherwise, according to her, the issue would not be implemented but would only become words on paper. She said that was why the Moderates did not want the Left Party in the government. #politik #utbildning #Vänsterpartiet (translated)

Alex Vanopslagh wrote that Mette Frederiksen had promised year after year to tackle bureaucracy, but that 20,000 bureaucrats had been hired since she became prime minister. He criticized her statements on the subject and wrote that she had the opportunity to act but did not do so. According to Vanopslagh, Frederiksen had referred the criticism to the finance minister, whom he believed did not seem concerned about the growth of the state bureaucracy. He called the government's approach arrogant towards Danish taxpayers, whom he described as payers of the world's highest taxes. Vanopslagh also wrote that the government had said in an interview that the treasury was empty, while, according to him, it had spent money on bureaucrats and would allocate 17.4 billion for VAT bureaucracy. He argued that a blue government was needed to change the trend. #Bureaukrati #MetteFrederiksen #Politik (translated)

Max Hjelm criticizes the British government's decision to label Sally Rooney as a terrorist for her support of Palestine Action, which has led to her books being removed from British bookstores and raises questions about freedom of speech in the country. #Yttrandefrihet #SallyRooney #Storbritannien (translated)

Ulf Kristersson wrote that it had been three years since the terrorist attack in Brussels, where two Swedes were killed and another seriously injured. He said that he was particularly thinking of the relatives of those affected and described the attack as directed against Sweden, the country's freedom, and open democratic society. Kristersson wrote that such threats must be met with strength while Sweden safeguards its openness and freedom. He also stated that Sweden and Belgium stood united in the fight against terrorism and thanked the Belgian government for its solidarity with Sweden. #Terrorism #Solidaritet #Demokrati (translated)

Daniel Schatz wrote that Mahmoud Abbas had once again postponed the Palestinian elections. According to Schatz, Abbas was elected in 2005 for a four-year term and had then governed for 21 years, 17 of which were without a renewed popular mandate. Schatz criticized Morgan Johansson and Jonas Sjöstedt for not speaking out and described the government's statement, which came after several days, as late and weak. He argued that the commitment of many who claim to support the Palestinians was more about hatred of Israel than about the Palestinians' freedom, democracy, and right to choose to reject an aging, increasingly corrupt, and authoritarian leadership. According to him, the silence was total when Abbas deprived the Palestinians of their fundamental democratic right. #Palestina #Demokrati #Maktabuse (translated)

Malte Larsen wrote that the EU's upcoming budget proposal could mean that Danes would have to pay an additional 12.7 billion kr. to the EU each year. He claimed that the proposal would expand the EU's bureaucracy and lead to the hiring of thousands more bureaucrats in Brussels. Larsen wrote that the money could instead be used for tax cuts or welfare, and he feared that the government would not reject the budget increase. He referred to Mette Frederiksen having previously called more EU funds "nonsense," but after negotiations with Ursula von der Leyen, she had come back with an extra billion bill for the Danes in the form of a higher EU contribution. According to Larsen, the government now said that it was against a larger EU budget but would not guarantee that the budget would not grow significantly. He wrote that he had himself asked the government about the matter and believed that Denmark was already paying too many tax kroner to an EU that had become too large. He urged the government to reject a significant budget increase and wrote that the Danes should not pay for what he described as the unrealistic ambitions of the EU elite or bail out Southern Europe's economic irresponsibility. #EUbudget #Danmark #Bureaukrati (translated)

Maurits Vande Reyde wrote that governments transformed budget figures into a communication plan. According to him, the Flemish budget was not balanced: he pointed to a deficit of 1 billion euros for the coming year and deficits of 3 to 4 billion euros in previous years. He stated that the debt had tripled and would continue to rise in the coming years, but it was not yet known by how much. However, according to him, interest expenses would increase by 400 million euros, a rise of 23% in one year. Additionally, a subordinated loan of 1.65 billion euros had been pushed to 2035; the interest on that operation would amount to more than 1 billion euros. He contrasted those figures with the message that the accounts were "in order." #VlaamseBegroting #Financiën #Schuld (translated)