Why Tesla and striking Swedish unions are still deadlocked one year on

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In this week's episode: will immigrants become cultural canon fodder? How Swedish politicians have reacted to Donald Trump’s victory, what's happening with the Tesla strike?

Host Paul O’Mahony is joined this week by The Local Sweden editor Emma Löfren and Nordic editor Richard Orange.

Here are links to some of the topics discussed in the episode:

Culture

• Is the ‘arm’s length’ principle for the arts in Sweden at risk of amputation?
• LISTEN: Sweden's cultural canon plan and what it means for foreigners

US election

• Politics in Sweden: How Trump's victory let Sweden's PM show off his gravitas

Tesla strike

• Swedish union boss: 'Culture clash' behind strikes against Tesla
• Swedish union slams Tesla for bringing in foreign strike breakers

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