From left: Anna Spain of the Burkle Center; Nicholas Entrikin, vice provost and dean of the International Institute; former Swedish parliamentarian Berndt Ekholm; and Jim Robbins of the Center for European and Eurasian Studies. (Photo by Scott Gruber)

Former Swedish Legislator Visits UCLA Centers

While a member of the Swedish parliament in 2006, Berndt Ekholm worked on a committee report about relations between the West and the Muslim world, focusing on the European Union and its neighborhood.

On June 25, 2007, Berndt Ekholm, a former Swedish member of parliament and chairman of the Swedish Institute in Alexandria, Egypt, paid a visit to the UCLA International Institute to discuss a 2006 parliamentary report on relations between the West and the Muslim world. The work of the Swedish parliament's Foreign Affairs committee focused on the immediate vicinity of the European Union.

Published: Tuesday, July 03, 2007

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