Word: falldin
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...depended on U.S. moderates voting with the Right the S-D loss in Sweden in 1976 came about through the unified effort of moderate and conservative groups. Though the Swedish population as a whole votes toward the left end of the American political spectrum, the new prime minister Thorbjorn Falldin still had to manage an uneasy coalition consisting of the Liberals (Folkpartiet) the Conservatives (called the Moderates) and his own Center parts. This coalition government united only by its opposition to the Social Democrats, suffered the same in-fighting that has plagued the heterogeneous. Republican party since Reagan's election...
...near the port of Kaliningrad. So ended, peacefully enough, the diplomatic uproar that began when Sweden discovered the sub on a reef in a restricted military zone only nine miles from Karlskrona, an ultrasensitive naval base on the Baltic Sea. The incursion of the sub, said Prime Minister Thorbjorn Falldin last week, was "the most flagrant violation of Swedish territory since World War II." Then Falldin added, "The violation was bad enough, but worse is the fact that the submarine most likely carried nuclear warheads [on its torpedoes], according to our investigations...
...highest living standards, however, the Social Democrats fostered the world's highest labor costs, which have eliminated Sweden's competitive edge in such export markets as mining and shipbuilding. The unions simply do not trust the non-socialist coalition now led by Prime Minister Thorbjorn Falldin. Many Swedes believe that L.O. has sanctioned the current strikes primarily to bring down Falldin's government, thereby paving the way for a return to power of his Social Democratic predecessor, Olof Palme...
...Falldin has rejected appeals from Social Democrats and industry leaders to intervene, although the government has offered the unions a package of price freezes and tax cuts that, when added to S.A.F.'s proposal, would approximate labor's demand. Gunnar Nilsson, head of L.O., has rejected that approach. Many Swedes fear that the government's hands-off policy spells economic doom. But at week's end strike-bound Swedes were heartened by news that mediators had proposed pay boosts ranging from 6.8% to 7.3%. With that offer, an end to Sweden's costliest quarrel could...
...years. Instead, even though the referendum was not constitutionally binding, the government is now obliged to move forward with a national plan to continue developing nuclear energy for at least another 25 years. Still sporting his NO, THANK YOU button after the vote, Centrist Premier Thorbjörn Falldin went on national television. "I remain personally opposed to nuclear power," he said. "But my conscience is not the decisive factor. Swedes have spoken, and I am pledged to carry out their will...