The approved budget aims at reducing taxes, increased salaries for police officers and more money to different sectors of Sweden’s judiciary system. In a speech to parliament, Center Party leader Annie Loof said a female prime minister “means a lot to many girls and women, to see this glass ceiling shattered. Sweden is the last Nordic country to have a woman prime minister. Norway’s first prime minister Gro Harlem Brundtland took office in 1981 while Johanna Sigurdardottir became Iceland's first female prime minister in 2009. With 10 months to the next election, Andersson said, smiling, that she hopes to hold the job for 10 years.

Source: Libya Today November 29, 2021 19:57 UTC