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Mats Engström
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Senior policy fellow ECFR, IEEP Associate. These are my personal views.
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Marcus Larsson @skolinkvisition.bsky.social · 7d
Det här är den stora kompetensutvecklingstråden där jag delar alla inlägg i Balans nya bloggsatsning: "Berätta om forskning, utredningar och förklara enskilda delar av välfärdens styrning". Kunskap är makt!

1. OECD vill ha ett svenskt lobbyregister! tankesmedjanbalans.se/oecd-infor-e...
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Teresa Ribera @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu · 20m
🔑 For Europe, a successful COP30 means reaffirming multilateralism, setting clear emission targets, focusing on adaptation, and ensuring climate-proof financial flows.
Europe will double down on multilateral cooperation, climate governance, and leading by example 🌟
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Mats Engström @matsengstrom.bsky.social · 20h
Bra av @peteralestig.bsky.social: www.dn.se/sverige/pete...
Peter Alestig: Ingen vill erkänna att bränslepriserna kommer att stiga
Har Sverige satsat 70 miljarder på förnybart? Gör skogen mest klimatnytta när den brukas? DN:s Peter Alestig synar partiledarnas påståenden om klimatet.
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Mats Engström @matsengstrom.bsky.social · 1d
Ny OECD-rapport rekommenderar Sverige att skärpa reglerna kring politisk påverkan, inkl öppenhetskrav för #lobbning, skärpningar om svängdörrar (kap 4, liknar förslag i min bok #Skuggspel) www.oecd.org/en/publicati... @lenahallengren.bsky.social @annikahirvonen.bsky.social @maxandersson.bsky.social
Strengthening transparency and integrity in public decision-making processes in Sweden: OECD Integrity Review of Sweden
Sweden has long been perceived as one of the least corrupt countries in the world. However, amid growing concerns about the power and influence of organised crime groups, the country is working to add...
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The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social · 1d
The Stockholm-Hamburg/Berlin sleeper has been saved. RDC will take over when SJ pulls out. May not run on some winter nights in future though: www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metro...
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The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social · 4d
Breaking: SJ to discontinue successful Stockholm-Hamburg/Berlin sleeper train after 31 August 2026, a month after Swedish government subsidy ends.
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Mats Engström @matsengstrom.bsky.social · 1d
Ny OECD-rapport rekommenderar Sverige att skärpa reglerna kring politisk påverkan, inkl öppenhetskrav för #lobbning, skärpningar om svängdörrar (kap 4, liknar förslag i min bok #Skuggspel) www.oecd.org/en/publicati... @lenahallengren.bsky.social @annikahirvonen.bsky.social @maxandersson.bsky.social
Strengthening transparency and integrity in public decision-making processes in Sweden: OECD Integrity Review of Sweden
Sweden has long been perceived as one of the least corrupt countries in the world. However, amid growing concerns about the power and influence of organised crime groups, the country is working to add...
www.oecd.org
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Erik Angner @erikangner.com · 1d
A recent OECD report covers some of the reasons for concern: doi.org/10.1787/648d....
OECD Integrity Review of Sweden
Sweden has long been perceived as one of the least corrupt countries in the world. However, amid growing concerns about the power and influence of organised crime groups, the country is working to add...
doi.org
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Mats Engström @matsengstrom.bsky.social · 1d
"The company has been hurt by a refusal by the Swedish government to issue a €150mn grant already approved by the EU, complicating its funding efforts" www.ft.com/content/ac61... #Stegra
Europe’s flagship green steel start-up Stegra fights for survival
Swedish company’s board discusses insolvency as it struggles to plug funding gap of up to €1.5bn
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Mats Engström @matsengstrom.bsky.social · 2d
Lysande journalistik av @lisarostlund.bsky.social och Olof Svensson med bäring både på svensk klimatpolitik och pågående EU-förhandlingar.
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Jonathan Jeppsson @abjeppsson.bsky.social · 2d
Regeringens mopedprojekt i Ghana kan kopplas till ryska intressen, avslöjar @lisarostlund.bsky.social och Olof Svensson. Spåren leder till ryska oljebolaget Lukoil. www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/qP...
Svenska klimatmopederna knyts till ryss-kopplat bolag
De svenska klimatmopederna ska sänka utsläppen i Ghana. Men satsningen kan samtidigt leda till sponsring – av ett kontroversiellt, ryskt techbolag. – Vi behöver
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Mats Engström @matsengstrom.bsky.social · 2d
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The next financial crisis is unavoidable, and American | Euractiv
There will come a time when the dollar will no longer have sufficient guarantees to ensure its credibility. This is the twilight of the global reserve currency
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Max Andersson @maxandersson.bsky.social · 2d
Här är Kläggets remissvar om lobbyregister.

TLDR: Vi behöver ett bättre lobbyregister. Som inte begränsas till pågående ärenden och utesluter EU-frågor.

Och lobbymöten borde registreras var för sig.

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Kläggets remissvar om lobbyregister
Nu har granskningsinstitutet lämnat ett remissvar på den statliga utredningen om lobbyregister. I korthet tycker vi att det är ett viktigt första steg, men det kommer inte att räcka för att lösa probl...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d
Imagine that
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Laurence Tubiana @laurencetubiana.bsky.social · 3d
In other words, Europe’s business community is not united behind deregulation. The loudest CEOs are arguing for a rollback that most companies don’t want - and that would erode trust in European business at a time when accountability is a competitive asset. (6/7)
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Teresa Ribera @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu · 3d
In turbulent times, we may see some trying to move from European ideals of values and a well performing social market based economy towards a race to the bottom short-term-profits-oriented model.
It is important not to mistake. We have the strenghts and the passion to keep building a better Europe!🇪🇺
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Mats Engström @matsengstrom.bsky.social · 3d
'“I really look up to Greta,” says Yousafzai, adding she checked in with her after she was detained by Israeli authorities.' www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
‘To the men who ran the world, I was just a photo op’: Malala Yousafzai on growing up, getting cynical – and how getting high nearly broke her
The global icon of women’s education is ready to tell the full story of her turbulent recent life, from arguing with her parents to being ghosted by the statesmen who were once desperate to be seen wi...
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Laurence Tubiana @laurencetubiana.bsky.social · 3d
And it’s wrong to suggest that these CEOs speak for “business” as a whole. They don’t. A recent YouGov survey of over 2,500 business leaders in five major European economies (including France and Germany) tells a very different story. (3/7) www.e3g.org/publications...
What European business leaders think about the EU's corporate sustainability and due diligence rules
E3G commissioned a YouGov survey of 2,500 business leaders across Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and Poland in August 2025. The results reveal strong support for robust corporate sustainability and du...
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Mats Engström @matsengstrom.bsky.social · 6d
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INTERVIEW: ‘Take it off the table’: Union chief urges Brussels to protect workers’ rights | Euractiv
The Commission's €2 trillion EU budget proposal is also "too small" and could spell "disaster" for European regions, said Esther Lynch, head of Europe's largest trade union organisation
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Teresa Ribera @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu · 6d
What if we complement the Paris Agreement with a treaty of non-proliferation of fossil fuels?, Susana Muhamad, former minister of Colombia raises the question as a need for effectiveness.
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Susana Muhamad, politóloga y activista climática: “El Acuerdo de París no está funcionando”
La exministra colombiana de medio ambiente impulsa la creación de un tratado internacional de no proliferación de combustibles. “Hay una dependencia de todo el sistema financiero y político de las ren...
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Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 9d
Elon Musk promises to do to Wikipedia what he did to the federal government www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/elon...
Elon Musk promises to do to Wikipedia what he did to the federal government
Wikipedia is one of the 10 most popular websites on planet Earth and, in this reporter's opinion, one of humanity's greatest modern achievements of the digital age. It's the closest we've gotten to…
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Europe Elects @europeelects.bsky.social · 9d
Czechia, 89,14% polling places counted:

National parliament election

ANO-PfE: 36.02% (+8.9)
SPOLU-ECR|EPP: 22.22% (-5.6)
STAN-EPP: 11% (n.a.)
Piráti-G/EFA: 8% (n.a.)
SPD-ESN: 8.02% (-1.5)
Auto-PfE: 7% (new)
Stačilo!-NI|S&D: 4% (n.a.)
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+/- vs. 2021 election

➤ europeelects.eu/czechia
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Erik Angner @erikangner.com · 10d
According to early reports, EU citizens were kidnapped in international waters, brought to a prison known for its human-rights abuses, and interrogated for hours without access to food, water, or consular assistance. This has got to have consequences.
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Erik Angner @erikangner.com · 10d
Swedish 🇸🇪 PM Ulf Kristersson continues to have no opinion about whether Swedish citizens should be kidnapped in international waters: www.dn.se/varlden/sven... I don’t think we’ve ever had such a spineless government.
Svenska aktivister förda till ökenfängelse vid Gaza
Tio svenska medborgare som rest med i konvojen till Gaza har frihetsberövats och förts till Ketziotfängelset i Negevöknen.
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Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 10d
Does the astounding corruption of the Trump family actually have a plus side? Whereas previous US administrations have been in the pocket of the pro-Israel lobby, Trump has been bought by the Gulf states, so there may finally be some balance. Corruption as interest aggregation?
How Fury Over Israel’s Qatar Attack Pushed Netanyahu on Gaza
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Raffaele Piria @piria.bsky.social · 12d
🚨New Publication 🚨
Europe’s #EnergySecurity on the path to climate neutrality. Devising a resilience strategy for the mid-transition.

Policy brief by @agoraew.bsky.social and @ecologic.eu
I co-authored with 🙏 @marcogiuli.bsky.social Frauke Thies & Krisztina Zálnoky .
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Europe's energy security on the path to climate neutrality
The EU must rethink its energy security in light of increasingly renewable, decentralized, and electrified energy systems. Energy security already benefiting from the early start of the energy transit...
www.ecologic.eu
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Carina Blomcrantz @blomcrantz.bsky.social · 12d
”Regeringskansliet har blivit en bunker. Den enda informationen om myndighetens arbetssätt och processer kommer nu från tidigare politiskt anställda som efter avslutad anställning i Regeringskansliet kan sälja sina kunskaper på lobbymarknaden.”

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DN Debatt Repliker. ”Antingen förstår Regeringskansliet inte – eller så vilseleder man medvetet”
Två professorer: Regeringskansliet har blivit en bunker som lämnar icke-svar på ett påtagligt demokratiskt problem.
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Mats Engström @matsengstrom.bsky.social · 12d
Now Ursula von der Leyen speaks openly about deregulation. The economic case is weak, to say the least. Not to mention the commitments in the treaties to protection of workers, consumers and the environment. ("we all agree we need simplification, we need deregulation”) ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Speech by President von der Leyen at the Copenhagen Competitiveness Summit
The Commission has been in office for 9 months now. You know that we have prepared our term by asking Draghi and Letta to prepare their reports. And the diagnosis was absolutely crystal clear, also th...
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