Sweden: Prime Minister pinned for non-compliance with Covid-19 recommendations
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven on December 18, 2020. AP - Jessica Gow
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In Sweden, several public figures who do not respect the recommendations of the authorities on the coronavirus are pinned down by the press.
And among them, no less than the Prime Minister.
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With our correspondent in Stockholm,
Frédéric Faux
Do what I say, not what I do.
While he intervened on television to lecture his fellow citizens before the holidays, and in particular to remind them of the order to avoid shopping centers, Swedish Prime Minister
Stefan Löfven
had to explain himself after being caught doing his shopping in Stockholm.
He had to buy a spare part for his razor.
The Swedish press also made its headlines on the head of the national agency in charge of crisis management, who visited the Canaries when travel is not recommended.
The senior official had to justify himself, revealing that his daughter worked in the Spanish archipelago and that he wanted to spend the holidays with the family.
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Without forgetting the Minister of Justice, caught in the act of buying household appliances for his parents, and other reckless people who are sure to be pinned in the days to come.
So many cases which illustrate all the ambiguity of the Swedish recommendations.
They are not mandatory, but everyone is expected to follow them, especially members of the government.
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