Worth fighting for: since Sweden joined the European Union in 1995, battle has raged. Peter Gustavsson traces the faultlines of conflict.(SWEDEN)

From: New Internationalist | Date: October 1, 2006| Author: Gustavsson, Peter | Copyright information

It was a nervous crowd that gathered on that September night in 2003 in Stockholm to watch a referendum special on big screens in a bar. But eventually the tension gave way to emotional celebration. As the results poured in from district after district, television graphics made it obvious--the No campaign had won a stunning victory. It was not the predicted knife-edge result--it was a landslide as 3.3 million voted 'no' to the euro while 2.5 million voted 'yes'. The grassroots-base...

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