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Social Democrats face criticism over municipal restaurant plan: “This is not about competing”

From Dagens Nyheter · () Swedish

Translated from Swedish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Stockholm’s Social Democrats plan to expand municipally run local cooking kitchens, including a restaurant linked to a kitchen scheduled for completion next year.
  • The proposal has drawn strong criticism from right-wing politicians.
  • Social Democratic city leader Emilia Bjuggren said the plan is not intended to create a municipal restaurant competing with nearby businesses.

Stockholm’s Social Democrats want to open more local cooking kitchens under municipal control. One kitchen planned for completion next year would also include a municipal restaurant, a proposal that has triggered strong criticism from the political right.

Emilia Bjuggren, the Social Democrats’ lead candidate in the city, rejected the idea that the municipality intends to compete with restaurants already operating in the area. “This is not about the municipality running a restaurant that competes with others in the area,” she said.

This is not about the municipality running a restaurant that competes with others in the area.

· Emilia BjuggrenThe Social Democratic city leader responded to criticism of the planned municipal restaurant.
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