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Former PM: Swedish no to euro was boosted by tragedy

Exactly two months after the Swedes voted overwhelmingly not to join the euro, former Swedish Prime Minister and leading yes campaigner Carl Bildt tells the EUobserver what has changed in Sweden since the vote and how the tragic murder of Foreign Minister Anna Lindh affected the outcome.

Mr Bildt, who has also been tipped recently to be Sweden's next Commissioner, has a firm view on how Anna Lindh's murder affected the outcome of the vote. Sweden voted by 56-42 not to join the single c...

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CARL BILDT - a new referendum on the euro is most unlikely within this decade (Photo: www.bildt.net)

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