Stating: Europe must equip up properly • “must not be panicked”
The EU countries have agreed to renovate the defense. In total, it is hoped to get rid of almost SEK 9,000 billion to strengthen the defense in the EU.
When Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson visits News Morning, he stresses that there are serious times and that you have to take the security situation seriously.
– You must not be panicked by it, but take it seriously, do what has to be done, especially for Swedish security. Sometimes Swedish security is to help Ukraine, sometimes Swedish security is to do things in common in Europe and sometimes Swedish security is to equip the Swedish defense. I try to focus on what is best for Swedish security and Swedes’ safety. There I lie mentally during the days and nights, he says.
“Must equip for that situation”
Kristersson believes that Russia has a wind and he is worried when a new long cold war. The renovation must also be done promptly and the prime minister stresses that Europe must be independent in his defense.
– How this war ends will determine a lot of what European security will look like for a generation ahead. We have and many with us have done a lot to make it end on Ukraine’s terms, it can still. But there are also risks that Russia thinks itself to win too much on this war. Then I don’t think their appetite would end, he says and continues:
– It’s not that their goal was to take a few percent of Ukraine’s territory, then we have to equip ourselves for that situation. This is what we and many European countries are currently doing.
Met the other party leaders
As late as Friday, Ulf Kristersson had a meeting with the other party leaders on the security situation. There he landed in four conclusions. The fact that the United States sounds different today than before, that “Russia’s goals and intentions” with the invasion in Ukraine are unchanged, that the Swedish defense ability must be increased and that the EU has greater cooperation in the security situation.
He believes that the security situation in Europe is currently weighing.
– There are no illusions and no nativity. The meeting that was this week marks that, the EU is not NATO, but the EU can do a lot in strengthening the defense in other ways. For example, to help those countries that have to equip quickly but which do not have financial resources, then we change some regulations, he says.