Goran Persson
Goran Persson
Hans Göran Perssonserved as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1996 to 2006 and was leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1996 to 2007...
NationalitySwedish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth20 January 1949
CountrySweden
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I don't think there will be a deal on the budget; the differences are too big,
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It could become very expensive for Sweden to take responsibility in this way for other countries which haven't done their homework.
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Chirac has been excessively generous towards the British. There has been a very constructive mood.
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give hope for a better future, but the political message from our debate is clear.
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It is necessary to try to find new facts shedding light on the fate of Wallenberg, ... The future research must assume that Raoul Wallenberg could have been alive after 1947.
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There must be a political solution in Chechnya ... We will go on expressing concern about the developments in Chechnya,
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It was all burned out, with only a skeleton left, ... On the floor there were shoes and boots -- boots just like our own children have. It was only then that you could really understand what happened.
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I am worried that we will lose too much momentum if we don't come to a decision about a final statement,
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It is clear today that more energetic and purposeful Swedish actions during the 1940s could have led to a more happy end for Raoul Wallenberg and his family
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A workplace safety plan is naturally something that should be drawn up, that is completely clear, but I didn't have the expertise to foresee that this sort of thing had to be done.
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So far we have seen too little action to be sure about the character of the (negotiating) partner we have in North Korea,
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We need to redouble our effort, additional resources must be mobilized and more forceful measures taken.
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We will not replace the United States. It's not possible, ... It's nothing we want to do.
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We don't agree upon how we regard the Kyoto protocol, ... So ... we agree to disagree about substance, according to the Kyoto protocol.