Swedish Foreign Minister Wallström under fire at home over housing scandal
After triggering harsh criticism and implied accusations of anti-Semitism over her comments about Israeli "extrajudicial killings," it turns out Wallstrom may have used her high status in order to be jumped over ordinary people in an apartment waiting list.
Jan 16, 2016, 9:45AM
Omri Ariel
Sweden's outspoken Foreign Minister Margot Wallström, whose comments about Israel sparked an outrage this week, is facing corruption allegations back home over her Stockholm apartment.
According to the local media, the country's largest trade union Kommunal had rented apartments for reduced prices to several high-profile figures including Wallstrom, bypassing a wait of several years for ordinary tenants.
Wallstrom responded by saying Kommunal had lied to her by promising her she would not jump over anyone on the waiting list. "I got confirmation from the highest level that they followed all the rules and procedures in assigning apartments," she said.
Last Tuesday, Wallstrom called for an investigation into whether extrajudicial killings have been committed by Israel during the recent wave of terror. In a conference with foreign journalists stationed in Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Wallström's statements "outrageous, immoral, unjust and plain wrong."