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    Anna Stellinger Director of International and EU Affairs at Confederation of Swedish Enterprise

    Anna Stellinger today takes up the newly created position of Director of International and EU Affairs at the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise. She will also join the management team. Anna Stellinger has most recently been Director-General of the National Board of Trade Sweden (Kommerskollegium) since 2014. She has many years of experience with EU affairs from previous work at authorities and think tanks in Sweden and in France.– The internationalization of the business sector continues with undiminished speed. At the same time, more and more of the decisions that affect Swedish companies

    EUROPE NEEDS A GENERAL GUARANTEE FOR THE ENTIRE BANKING SYSTEM

    - Extraordinary action is required in present extraordinary times. It is of utmost importance that the European Union strongly encourages the Member States to deal with the ongoing financial crises in a comprehensive manner. The European Union should be part of the solution, not part of the problem. What is needed is a general guarantee for the entire banking system – not the fragmented approach currently in place. This is not working, said Mr. Urban Bäckström in connection with BUSINESSEUROPE Council of Presidents meeting in Paris on Friday, December 5th.Mr Bäckström, who is currently

    Utmaning för utbildningspolitiken

    Med en ökad global konkurrens både inom företagsvärlden men inte minst inom utbildningsvärlden så måste det svenska utbildningssystemets insatser leda till att utexaminerade studenter får ett jobb. Det handlar om Sveriges konkurrenskraft och framtida tillväxt, det sa Urban Bäckström VD på Svenskt Näringsliv när han deltog vid ett seminarium om den framtida utbildningspolitiken på Folkpartiets kommunala riksmöte i Västerås på lördagen.Vi har idag en mismatch där nyexaminerade har svårt att komma in på arbetsmarknaden. Vågar politiken anta utmaningen att skapa ett utbildningssystem som med

    Probably better with no services directive at all

    The European Parliament voted today for a new services directive. But with a number of limitations and derogations the directive risks to lose its purpose."I am extremely disappointed at the vote in the Parliament, comments Urban Bäckström, Director-General of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise. This is like shooting yourself in the foot. The European economy will now as a consequence continue to drag along while our main competitors around the world will try to maximize their competitive edge that globalization makes possible and thus further increase their lead over Europé. As far as

    Swedes are positive towards globalisation

    Swedes are positive towards globalisation Sweden is one of the nations in the world who has a highly favourable opinion of free trade. This is confirmed in a report from the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise. The Swedes are also positive to globalisation. Very few Swedes view globalisation as a threat. The report is based on a survey, which has looked into the Swedes' attitudes towards globalisation. Temo, a company specialising in opinion polls, was commissioned by the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise to carry out the survey. The survey shows that 48 percent of Swedes have a positive

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