Olivier Truc
Northern European correspondent for Le Monde, specialist on the Baltic region, Olivier Truc also makes documentaries for television and radio.
Updated: 8 February 2011
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Humour in Europe (3/10) : The series that sends up the middle class
22 August 201277 1 Le Monde Paris -
Sweden: Crisis of faith for social democrats
20 February 201286 3 Le Monde Paris -
Sexuality: Rape – has Sweden got it wrong?
8 February 201167 4 Le Monde Paris
The television series Solsidan mocks the golden dreams of the middle class. And it proves so popular among Swedes because they see in it themselves, writes Le Monde, in this third installment in its series on humour. 
The last few years have been particularly hard on Sweden’s social democrats. Lagging behind in the polls, the party is embarked on a quest for a new identity, with a sudden change in leadership. Le Monde reports from the industrial city of Västerås. 
The ongoing case to extradite WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange from the UK to Sweden, where he is accused of sexual assault and rape, has triggered a major debate about the issue of sexual consent.