Alice Teodorescu Måwe | |
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Member of the European Parliament for Sweden | |
Assumed office 16 July 2024 | |
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Born | Bucharest, Romania | 2 May 1984
Political party | Christian Democrats |
Occupation | Lawyer, commentator |
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Alexandra "Alice" Teodorescu Måwe (born 2 May 1984) is a Swedish politician and former legal professional with the Företagarna organisation of Swedish entrepreneurs and a liberal-conservative commentator on social and political issues. Since 2024, she is a Member of the European Parliament.
Teodorescu Måwe was born in Bucharest, Romania. [1] She attended the Sture Academy, a training programme for young people run by liberal think tank Timbro. [1] [2]
After completing her legal training, she worked as an intern in the Brussels office of Svenskt Näringsliv and then became a communication strategist for the newspaper. [1] She has also been an editorial writer for newspapers including Barometern in Oskarshamn and Gotlands Allehanda. [3] [4] In 2009, she founded a women's network called En plats i himlen för kvinnor som hjälper varandra (a place in heaven for women who help each other). [5]
Teodorescu Måwe "has made herself known as a provocative and fearless liberal debater". [2] She has criticised gender quotas on corporate boards and advocated a policy of equality based on individualism rather than collectivism. She has also written on integration and education. In February 2014 she attracted much attention by calling in a debate on the Sveriges Radio channel 1 programme P1 Debatt for a clear definition of the term "racism" and questioning whether racism in Sweden was structural. [2] [6] [7] [8] She also argued that it was time for a more nuanced, less dogmatic and polarising debate on the issue. [9] During the Almedalen week in June and July 2014 Ali Esbati refused to shake hands with Teodorescu after a live broadcast debate between the two, this after a discussion about racism in Sweden. [10] After the debate both Teodorescu and Esbati received criticism for not considering each other's opinions. [11] In a subsequent opinion piece in Svenska Dagbladet, Teodorescu complained about what she saw as the lenient treatment of the Green Party by the press. [12]
She was running to become a Member of the European Parliament for the Christian Democrats in the in the upcoming EP elections for 2024. [13] She replaced Sara Skyttedal as the party's top name for the election. [13] [14] She was voted into the parliament as the only Christian Democrat and will be taking office on 16 July 2024. [15]
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