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The Swedish revolt against overpriced fuels

2022-02-20T17:50:53.195Z


A wave of protest has risen on social networks, and is making political parties think. In Stockholm To discover Prime Macron 2021: how does it work? The most popular Facebook page in Sweden is not that of Greta Thunberg or any influencer promoting luxury goods, but of bränsleupproret, the fuel revolt. Peder Blohm Bokenhielm, who launched this movement, has nearly 600,000 supporters. Last October, when the group had organized demonstrations throughout the country, and in particula


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  • Prime Macron 2021: how does it work?

The most popular Facebook page in Sweden is not that of Greta Thunberg or any influencer promoting luxury goods, but of bränsleupproret, the fuel revolt.

Peder Blohm Bokenhielm, who launched this movement, has nearly 600,000 supporters.

Last October, when the group had organized demonstrations throughout the country, and in particular in Lapland, where the inhabitants without public transport must sometimes travel a hundred kilometers to do their shopping or go to work, this figure had even come close to the two million mark.

Our biggest success so far is that it has become normal to say that fuel prices are too high

,” explains the 45-year-old automotive painter.

Before, we were just considered climate deniers.

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