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https://www.dn.se/sverige/usas-ambassad-kraver-lydnad-av-stockholms-stad-bisarrt/
[Machine translated below, from top Swedish newspaper.]
The Stockholm City Planning Office must not promote equality, diversity and inclusion, the U.S. Embassy demands in a letter, with a contract they expect the city to sign.
"It is completely bizarre", says the city's urban planning leader Jan Valeskog (S).
The embassy begins the letter with the “Dear City Planning Office” and then declares that a new policy requires everyone that U.S. government agencies buy goods and services from must sign the contract.
The City Planning Office is expected to sign and return the contract within ten working days.
“We’re not going to do that, it’s the opposite of everything we stand for. They should withdraw these oddities," Jan Valeskog said.
It is the embassy that benefits from the City of Stockholm, not the other way around, he believes.
“If the U.S. terminates the acquaintance with the city building office, the embassy will have a hard time getting a building permit if, for example, they want to rebuild. It's their headache, not ours," Valeskog said.
Building permits are required, according to Boverket, for new construction, extension and certain changes to the exterior appearance of buildings.
DN has previously written about the United States demanding the same thing from Swedish companies that deliver goods and services. In that case, the embassy replied in an email to DN that “U.S. missions review contracts and announcements to ensure they comply with the White House’s latest executive orders”.
Shortly after Trump was sworn in as president in January, he signed a presidential order to scrap state-funded programs that aimed to promote inclusion, equality and diversity in workplaces.
[Machine translated below, from top Swedish newspaper.]
The Stockholm City Planning Office must not promote equality, diversity and inclusion, the U.S. Embassy demands in a letter, with a contract they expect the city to sign.
"It is completely bizarre", says the city's urban planning leader Jan Valeskog (S).
The embassy begins the letter with the “Dear City Planning Office” and then declares that a new policy requires everyone that U.S. government agencies buy goods and services from must sign the contract.
The City Planning Office is expected to sign and return the contract within ten working days.
“We’re not going to do that, it’s the opposite of everything we stand for. They should withdraw these oddities," Jan Valeskog said.
It is the embassy that benefits from the City of Stockholm, not the other way around, he believes.
“If the U.S. terminates the acquaintance with the city building office, the embassy will have a hard time getting a building permit if, for example, they want to rebuild. It's their headache, not ours," Valeskog said.
Building permits are required, according to Boverket, for new construction, extension and certain changes to the exterior appearance of buildings.
DN has previously written about the United States demanding the same thing from Swedish companies that deliver goods and services. In that case, the embassy replied in an email to DN that “U.S. missions review contracts and announcements to ensure they comply with the White House’s latest executive orders”.
Shortly after Trump was sworn in as president in January, he signed a presidential order to scrap state-funded programs that aimed to promote inclusion, equality and diversity in workplaces.
