Top Swedish diplomat is not feeling 'the Bern' [View all]

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This women seems to be a mirror of Hillary--strong, intelligent--working for women and equity.



http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/03/politics/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-sweden/index.html


By Gregory Krieg, CNN

Updated 4:04 PM ET, Wed February 3, 2016
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Swedish FM is backing Clinton over Sanders, she says in new interview with CNN
Sanders frequently refers to Sweden as a model for his "democratic socialist" economic plan

(CNN)Bernie Sanders has been sweet on Sweden for a long time, but a top official from the Scandinavian nation isn't returning the love.

In an interview Wednesday with CNN's Christiane Amanpour, Swedish foreign minister Margot Wallström said she has a favorite in the race and it's not Sanders. She's rooting for Hillary Clinton to win the White House.

Asked if she hoped that "Clinton will win," Wallström responded: "Yeah, I have to admit I do."

Sanders often cites Sweden, with its robust welfare state, as a model for the "political revolution" he is seeking to launch in the United States.
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Wallström, who was appointed to her current role in October 2014, is a controversial figure in Sweden and abroad. She has been a vocal critic of the Israeli government and led Sweden in its recognition of a Palestinian state shortly after taking office.

But Wallström's push for what she calls a "feminist foreign policy" has won her acclaim with some American moderates.

"Striving toward gender equality is not only a goal in itself," she said during a speech at the U.S. Institute of Peace in January 2015, "but also a precondition for achieving our wider foreign, development and security policy objectives."