Swedish EU presidency EU governments are increasingly confident that they will coax Vaclav Klaus, the Czech president, into signing the Lisbon treaty, but a deal is unlikely before leaders gather for a summit on Thursday
Sweden added its voice to growing demands for regulation of bankers’ bonuses and called a meeting of European leaders in a bid to forge consensus ahead of the G20 summit in Pittsburgh
Sweden, which holds the rotating EU presidency, recommended sweeping changes to European legislation that would regulate the industry on an EU-wide basis for the first time
Top of Sweden’s priorities for its European Union presidency are the fight against the financial crisis, and the need for an international climate change accord at a Copenhagen conference in December
Sweden, the new holder of the EU presidency, came to the defence of hedge funds and private equity, saying it did not blame them for the financial crisis and would press for improvements in EU proposals to regulate them
Video: The Swedish prime minister says that EU member states need to find an exit strategy from their current ‘unsustainable’ budget deficits
Swedish PM Fredrik Reinfeldt wants to ensure the country’s EU presidency is not bogged down by obscure institutional issues. The trouble is that Sweden will have no idea whether the Lisbon treaty will take effect until October
How we meet the labour market challenge today will largely determine the growth potential of the European Union, write Fredrik Reinfeldt and Anders Borg
