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Jun 23 2009

The Work Programme for the Swedish Presidency of the EU

In just over a week, Sweden takes over the Presidency of the EU. Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt today presented the work programme for Sweden's six months in the EU driving seat.

It is firstly a question of leading the EU through the financial crisis, dealing with unemployment in Europe and continuing the work to tackle climate change.

The work programme can be opened and downloaded from the link in the window "Related files" in the right margin.

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