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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We don't agree upon how we regard the Kyoto protocol, ... So ... we agree to disagree about substance, according to the Kyoto protocol.
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We stand for improved unemployment benefit, they stand for worse. So people can choose.
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We're not going to be able to promise those born in the 1940s any great tax cuts. That's the first difference this evening.
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The prospect of weapons of mass destruction being used again is terrifying. We cannot afford to let this happen. Our failure to address the threats from these weapons at this summit leaves us with a crucial task ahead,
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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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There must be a political solution in Chechnya ... We will go on expressing concern about the developments in Chechnya,
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A nice person who I've learned to appreciate.
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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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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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If we allow this to happen, millions of lives will be lost and we will pass on a more unfair and unsafe world to the next generations,
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Chirac has been excessively generous towards the British. There has been a very constructive mood.
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Instead, it shows the United Nations is a relevant and vibrant forum for debate over issues that concern us all today.
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Remember one thing - that Sweden is performing better than the rest of Europe.
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We think that the Kyoto protocol is a necessary document, necessary process. I am convinced that we will agree to disagree about substance.