The section on NATO has been modified on Thursday at 17.05. The ruling Social Democrats have firmly adhered to non-alignment.
Stockholm
Swedish the Social Democratic Party has updated the wording on NATO on its website.
Internet archiving service According to Wayback Machine on the party’s website, on February 25, the party’s negative position was still prominently displayed.
The top page at the time read that “military non-alignment is one of the cornerstones of Swedish security policy”.
It was then stated as follows:
“We don’t want Sweden to join NATO. However, the partnership with NATO is an important part of Sweden’s security and defense policy. “
The party’s website shows that the section on NATO has been modified on Thursday, March 3, at 5:05 p.m.
Now the top one reads as follows:
“The partnership with NATO is an important part of Sweden’s security and defense policy.”
The paragraph stating that “we do not want Sweden to go to NATO” has disappeared and been replaced by a text that reads:
“The right to make your own security policy choices is the key to Swedish security. Sweden decides who it cooperates with and what that cooperation looks like – in times of peace, crisis and war. ”
The point where the Social Democrats say that ‘we do not want Sweden to join NATO’ is still on the site, but lower in the text.
Swedish the Social Democrats in the Prime Minister’s Party have stated on several occasions since the Russian invasion that the time for a NATO debate is not now. Prime minister Magdalena Anderssonin non-alignment currently serves Sweden’s best security.
According to the Social Democrats, the party’s line to NATO has not changed. According to communications, the text found on the party’s website is also the same as before, but the order in which the text was presented has been changed.
According to the party’s communications, the party has recently received a lot of questions about NATO, so the party decided to add information about NATO to its website.
Swedish afternoon newspaper Aftonbladet released an opinion poll on Friday that for the first time, a majority of Swedes are in favor of NATO membership. 51% would join NATO, 27% were against accession, 22% could not say their position.
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NATO section on the Swedish Social Democrats’ website on 25 February.
NATO section on the Swedish Social Democrats’ website on 4 February.
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