The Swedish way of politics has often been put forward as a role model for other countries. Almost everyone has heard about the Swedish model of fair wealth redistribution, proper budget policies, a welfare state with good benefits, and a large public sector. They’ve also probably heard of how all of this has been achieved through mature bipartisanship, and a visionary embrace of reform.

Source: www.independent.co.uk

"Löfven, a former union leader, shouldn’t be surprised that Sweden isn’t the same as it was just ten or twenty years ago. He knows the statistics. We have a large youth generation without proper jobs or housing. An infrastructure in dire need of investment. A private sector eager for political innovation and vision. And a system of young outsiders that put them against a generation born in the 1940s and 50s that harvest all the benefits."

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