Content from the Prime Minister's Office
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Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson to receive United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson
On Wednesday 11 May, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson will receive the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Sweden for talks. They will discuss matters such as the serious security situation in Europe, bilateral relations and cooperation between Sweden and the United Kingdom.
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Sweden and Poland mobilised humanitarian support for Ukraine
On 5 may more than SEK 60 billion in support was announced at a donor conference for Ukraine in Warsaw co-organised by Sweden and Poland together with the EU.
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Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson in talks with German Government and Finnish Prime Minister
On Tuesday 3 May, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson was at Schloss Meseberg in Germany by invitation of Chancellor Olaf Scholz to take part in talks with the German Government together with Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin.
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Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson received President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen
Stockholm, 7 April 2022 Check against delivery.
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Extensive Swedish and European initiatives in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
At a press conference on Wednesday 13 April, Minister for EU Affairs Hans Dahlgren and Minister for Public Administration Ida Karkiainen reported on the Government’s overall efforts in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Government’s efforts cover three areas: sanctions against Russia, support to Ukraine and a stronger Sweden.
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Prime Minister to receive Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin
On Wednesday 13 April, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson will receive Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin. During their meeting, Ms Andersson and Ms Marin will discuss the defence and security cooperation between their two countries and the deteriorated security situation in the neighbourhood.
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Norway and Sweden agree to intensify cooperation on carbon capture and storage
Prime ministers Jonas Gahr Støre and Magdalena Andersson met on 5 April for talks in Stockholm. The prime ministers agreed to conclude as soon as possible an agreement between Norway and Sweden on the export/import of carbon dioxide to enable cooperation between Norwegian and Swedish companies on the permanent storage of carbon dioxide in the Norwegian continental shelf.
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Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson to receive President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen
On Thursday 7 April, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson will receive President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen in Stockholm.
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EU and US stood united for Ukraine at the European Council meeting
The European Council meeting of 24–25 March, one month after Russia began its aggression against Ukraine, focused on the conflict and consequences for the EU. The US President attended the meeting for talks on Thursday evening. On Friday the focus was on Europe’s strategic dependence on Russian fossil fuels, the high energy prices in the EU and the green transition.
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Defence appropriation to increase to two per cent of GDP
Sweden’s military defence funding is to increase to two per cent of GDP. This was conveyed by Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson at a press briefing with Minister for Finance Mikael Damberg and Minister for Defence Peter Hultqvist.
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Efforts to bolster EU energy security need to intensify
The Government considers that concrete changes need to be made to the European energy supply. EU Member States need to reduce their dependence on Russian energy. This was conveyed by Minister for EU Affairs Hans Dahlgren and Minister for Energy and Digital Development Khashayar Farmanbar at a press briefing.
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Speech by Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson concerning Russia’s military attack on Ukraine
Stockholm, 1 March 2022 Check against delivery
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Hans Dahlgren: “Tougher sanctions and even greater support are what’s needed now”
Minister for EU Affairs Hans Dahlgren today presented six areas in which Sweden is pushing for the EU to take further decisions in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. These would entail additional and tougher sanctions against the Russian leadership and increased direct support to Ukraine.
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Sweden further increases humanitarian support to Ukraine
On Sunday 27 February, Minister for International Development Cooperation Matilda Ernkrans held a press briefing on Sweden’s support to Ukraine together with Göran Holmqvist, Director of Humanitarian Support at Sida.
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“The harshest package of sanctions the EU has ever imposed”
On 24 February, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson took part in a special meeting of the European Council in Brussels in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the very serious security situation in Europe. “Tonight we gave the green light to the harshest package of sanctions the EU has ever imposed,” said Ms Andersson at a press conference after the meeting.
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Sweden to provide direct support and defence materiel to Ukraine
On Sunday 27 February, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and Minister for Defence Peter Hultqvist held a press conference on Sweden’s support to Ukraine.
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Sweden closes airspace to Russian aircraft
The Government has decided to ban Russian aircraft from Swedish airspace. An ordinance to this effect enters into force on 28 February 2022.
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After EU judgment – EU funds can be withheld when Member States do not respect rule of law
The European Court of Justice decided yesterday that it is possible to stop payments of EU funds to Member States that do not fully respect the rule of law. Sweden played an active role in the legal process in which Poland and Hungary wanted to stop an EU regulation that would allow this.