STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Stockholm City Council has rejected the U.S.
Embassy’s demands that it comply with the Trump administration’s
rollback of diversity, equity and inclusion policies.
It’s the latest in U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to terminate
such programs within the federal government — and beyond — in what he described in his inauguration speech as a move to end efforts to
“socially engineer race and gender into every aspect of public and
private life.”
Countries and cities across Europe have received similar outreach from
U.S. embassies, including France, Belgium and the city of Barcelona, all
of which lashed out at the U.S. efforts to expand its anti-DEI policies
to the continent.
In an email to the city’s planning office, dated April 29, the U.S.
Embassy in Stockholm asked that Stockholm officials sign a certification
that their contractors do not operate any programs promoting DEI that
would violate U.S. anti-discrimination law.
“We were really surprised, of course,” Jan Valeskog, vice mayor for city planning, told The Associated Press. “We will not sign this document at
all, of course not.”
Valeskog said that while the city wants to continue its good
relationship with the embassy, it will follow Swedish law and city
policies to include DEI practices.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/stockholm-rejects-u-s-demand-to-end-dei-programs-in-accordance-with-trump-policy
Lol. I bet the Finnish PerSu authorities said "Ve vill sign, Herr Twump".
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