Stockholm issued a defiant response to a U.S. embassy request to drop equality, diversity and inclusion policy related to contractors.
  • Successful_Try543@feddit.orgEnglish
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    7 days ago

    However, Valeskog told the newspaper [Dagens Nyheter] that it would refuse such a move which was “the opposite of what we stand for,” as he called for the U.S. to withdraw the demand.

    This is the polite Swedish way of saying “Fuck off!”

    He said it the U.S. embassy that benefits from the City of Stockholm, not the other way around. If the U.S. ended ties with the city’s planning office, the embassy would have difficulty getting a permit for construction. “It’s their headache, not ours,” Valeskog, added according to a translation.

    LOL

  • Kaput@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 days ago

    Could this be a bit of malicious compliance from the embassy personnel? Send the letter to utilities like electricity and water providers and cancel the contract if they don’t comply.

    • stoy@lemmy.zipEnglish
      7·
      7 days ago

      Water and power will never be cut off.

      There is an apartment building on Lidingö that through a mess of legal workings, has ended up with Russia having occupied it since 2014, the current owners have tried to have power/water shut off, but the city will not allow it, due to the Russian having diplomat status.