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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Mary Papenfuss

Stockholm rejects ‘bizarre’ US demand that city and embassy contractors pledge to be anti-DEI

Stockholm is flatly rejecting a demand by the U.S. that the Swedish community’s City Planning Office gut DEI programs, and that local American embassy contractors and suppliers must not be involved in any diversity operations.

Stockholm Vice Mayor for City Planning Jan Valeskog called the anti-DEI demand “bizarre” and “completely absurd,” and said Stockholm will never agree to it.

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