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Swedish think Barroso should cut down on drinking (Photo: EUobserver)

Sweden to lobby Barroso on alcohol monopoly

The 50 year-old Swedish alcohol retail monopoly Systembolaget has launched a birthday campaign to convince the European Commission that a monopoly on alcohol is necessary for public health - pointing to the lowest rate of alcohol-related deaths in the Nordic alcohol nanny state.

On Tuesday (22 November) some 70 Swedish and Finnish newspapers, and the Financial Times, will publish an open letter from Systembolaget to the European commission's president, Jose Manuel Barroso, explaining wh...

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Swedish think Barroso should cut down on drinking (Photo: EUobserver)

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