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About Mats Engström

Mats Engström is a writer and journalist. He was editorial writer at the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet for seven years, and has written extensively on European affairs for Swedish and other publications. He has also held various positions in the Swedish government services, including special advisor and deputy state secretary to Anna Lindh from 1994-2001. His blog is here

 

Articles by Mats Engström

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Thursday 23rd September

Sweden’s Social Democrats: the test of failure

Mats Engström, 23 September 2010
The electoral victory of Sweden’s centre-right coalition forces is a historic setback for the country’s once-hegemonic Social Democrats. The pain of defeat is sharpened by the electoral advance of the anti-immigrant Swedish Democrats. To find their way across this new political landscape the centre-left must learn to reconnect with lost voters and generations, says Mats Engström in Stockholm.
Thursday 10th December

Sweden's changing

Mats Engström, 10 December 2009
The challenge of an emergent xenophobic populism in Sweden is provoking thoughtful centre-left voices to seek an effective response, finds Mats Engström in Stockholm.
Wednesday 10th June

Latvia’s crisis: the Swedish factor

Mats Engström, 10 June 2009
Latvia’s financial meltdown raises questions about the role of a neighbour and regional power
Wednesday 7th November

Europe and terrorism: the wrong path

Mats Engström, 7 November 2007
A night-time police-check in Sweden, and a wider lesson
Sunday 25th March

Europe's green power

Mats Engström, 25 March 2007
The addition of a serious environmental dimension to the European Union's internal reform and soft-power diplomacy could yet make 2007 a year of vision, says Mats Engström.
Monday 18th September

We still love the Swedish model

Mats Engström, 18 September 2006
Sweden's election turnaround is less of a shift to the right than it appears, says Mats Engström in Stockholm.
Thursday 25th May

The fear haunting Europe

Mats Engström, 25 May 2006
The secret meetings of Europe's political authorities are sanctioning public policies that feed racist sentiment, argues Mats Engström.
Thursday 22nd December

A broader coalition for human rights

Mats Engström, 22 December 2005
In the last days of 2005, leading thinkers and scholars from around the world share their fears, hopes and expectations of 2006. As Isabel Hilton asks: What does 2006 have in store? (Part one)
Monday 28th November

The European Union's anti-terror plans: lift the secrecy

Mats Engström, 28 November 2005
European justice ministers plan to adopt stringent new anti-terror measures on 1 December without public debate. This is very far from European Union democracy, says Mats Engström.
Sunday 5th June

Democracy is hard, but the only way

Mats Engström, 5 June 2005
The institutions of the European Union need a cultural revolution in the direction of transparency, openness and inclusion, says Mats Engström. Do the ideas of the European Commission vice-president, Margot Wallström, offer a way forward?
Wednesday 24th September

Remember Anna Lindh

Mats Engström, 24 September 2003

Anna Lindh’s former special advisor remembers the tough-minded compassion that marked her as a "great European".
Monday 28th July

The European Union and genetic information: time to act

Mats Engström, 28 July 2003
The principle of genetic testing of entire populations carries the great risk of putting the integrity of the individual in the service of commercial interests. The ensuing struggle for control of information cannot be resolved on the national level alone. Within the European Union, the tension between the internal market in services and harmonisation of national legislation reveals the urgent need for a European policy on genetic information.
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