Mona Sahlin

thumb|Mona Sahlin in 2008 Mona Ingeborg Sahlin (née Andersson; born March 9, 1957) is a Swedish politician and the former leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party (Socialdemokraterna) from March 17, 2007 to March 25, 2011. Sourced If you're a social democrat, then you think it's cool to pay taxes. For me, tax is the finest expression for what politics really is. Mona Sahlin in Swedish television, September 8, 1994. If two equally qualified persons apply for a job at a workplace with few immigrants, the one called Mohammed should get the job. Mona Sahlin in an interview with the Swedish newspaper Göteborgs-Posten, October 22, 2000. But that has nothing to do with ethnicity. Who's by the way Swedish and who's an immigrant? Mona Sahlin answers a question about increased crime and immigration in the Ungt val (eng. Young Election/Choice) section of the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, March 15, 2002. In other words, we have to stop this beaver woman before she's gnawn apart every welfare system we've got in our country. Mona Sahlin about the leader of Centerpartiet, Maud Olofsson, in the Swedish radio program Ekot, September 10, 2006. I can not figure out what Swedish culture is. I think that's what makes many Swedes jealous of immigrant groups. You have a culture, an identity, a history, something that brings you together. And what do we have? We have Midsummer's Eve and such silly things. Mona Sahlin in a speech to the Turkish youth organization Euroturk, March, 2002 External links Category:Women politicians in Sweden Category:Government ministers Category:Social democrats Category:1957 births Category:Living people