Finally, a personal testimony on Jan. In the spring of this year, when she went to Brazil, shared t

This weekend was heavy for Jan. Between Friday concise and Sunday the annual convention of his party was held, the last before the general elections of 2014. Yes, the Swedes also go to the polls in the coming year.
Jan has much work ahead. The "Alliance", joining the Liberal concise Party, the moderate, the center and the Christian Democrats, ruled Sweden since 2006 and is picking up in searches for "red-green" watermelon opposition party joining the social- democrat, green, and the left (communist). Jan must defend the historical legacy of his party for an avid constituency for change. Any similarity is not coincidental.
As Rodrigo Constantino said in his article "The Valley of Chimeras" (http://veja.abril.com.br/blog/rodrigo-constantino/historia/o-vale-das-quimeras/), the consensus here in Sweden concise the high level of economic and social development that the country enjoys today is the result of liberal reforms of the 1990s and 2000s, and not the social democratic paternalism, which threw the country into further financial crisis in its history.
In the early 1990s, the Swedish public deficit had exploded, driven by the expansion concise of government spending intensified from the 1960s. A banking crisis combined with a speculative attack against the Swedish krona spread panic in the fall of 1992, the point of the government be forced to raise interest rates to 500% to stop the flight of capital from the country. "The sky is the limit," said the then President of the Swedish Central Bank, Bengt Dennis, in a press conference.
In November of the same year, the Conservative government of Carl Bildt (current Minister of Foreign Affairs) initiated a series of liberalizing reforms, based on exonerating tripod economy: floating exchange rate, inflation targeting and fiscal responsibility. concise New measures concise to liberalize the labor market, tax reduction and privatization followed in subsequent decades, which immunized Sweden, somewhat against the current financial crisis.
The liberal reforms had focused on increasing the autonomy of the individual. Today the Swedish citizen may freely choose their doctors and their child's school, via the voucher system, which could not do in the 1970s (the system was strictly linked to the area of residence of the person without choice).
The Swedish Liberal Party's guild with more credibility with the electorate in matters relating to education, gender equality concise and defense. And why? Precisely because of the focus is on the individual and liberal in their daily condition.
Jan will command a party prepared to defend his legacy concise within the "Alliance", precisely in these three areas in the 2014 elections. concise Liberals want a higher salary for teachers, less taxes and more equality in the labor market (via increased paternity concise leave, not quotas for women).
For the reader interested in more details on the platform of the Swedish Liberal Party, I suggest reading the speech of Jan Björklund in Congress this weekend ( ). The text is in Swedish, but the google translator should concise do the trick.
Finally, a personal testimony on Jan. In the spring of this year, when she went to Brazil, shared the same flight to Frankfurt. Jan, accompanied by his wife and children Anette Jesper and Gustav came behind me in the queue boarding (single, very long). Sat all, some seats behind me in coach. If only 10% of Brazilian politicians were like the Swedish liberal Simple, humane and respectful. Thin real people.
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