Leader tipped to be next Swedish prime minister takes aim at "grinning" bankers

The woman most likely to become Sweden’s next prime minister began her tenure as leader of the ruling party by criticizing Wall Street bankers.
Head of the Social Democratic Party in Sweden, Magdalena Andersson. | Photo: Adam Ihse/TT/Ritzau Scanpix
Head of the Social Democratic Party in Sweden, Magdalena Andersson. | Photo: Adam Ihse/TT/Ritzau Scanpix
By Niclas Rolander, bloomberg

In her first speech to the Social Democratic Party after her election, Magdalena Andersson recalled encounters with "grinning bankers" who said her country’s welfare model was doomed after Sweden’s financial crisis in the 1990s.  

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