Today was a very productive day in Brussels for Ukraine and all of Europe at the European Council summit at the leaders’ level. I had good meetings with António Costa and Ursula von der Leyen. Met with Emmanuel Macron, Bart De Wever, and Christian Stocker on the sidelines of the summit. Also

Right now: Sweden goes to 3,5% of GDP to defence by 2030 (from today’s 2,4%).

Sweden to increase defence spending sharply to 3.5% of GDP on.ft.com/4c2BasS

Sweden and Denmark are friends, neighbors and allies. We work closely to strengthen security in the Arctic and NATO. Greenland is part of Denmark and part of NATO, and an important territory for defending NATO. We must continue to do this together as allies.

Sweden will continue to stand up for free trade and international cooperation.

There are new 🇺🇸 tariffs on everyone - and the Heard and Macdonald islands aren’t excluded. It’s bizarre - but I doubt that the penguins care. They aren’t big traders.

Curious about how Sweden became the ”poster child” of European competetiveness?

We took note of the announcement by President Trump. We want to give negotiations a chance. While finalising the adoption of the EU countermeasures that saw strong support from our Member States, we will put them on hold for 90 days. If negotiations are not satisfactory, our

With the passing of Pope Francis, nearly one and a half billion Catholics around the world have lost an important leader — both moral and religious. He will be remembered for his humility, his fight against poverty and social injustice, and as a steadfast defender of the dignity

When the US is raising tariffs and turning inwards, Europe should open up even more. We should conclude more EU free trade agreements to open markets and diversify our trade. With the US, we are ready to find a mutually beneficial and balanced negotiated solution. Benjamin Dousa

Looking forward to the final adoption of the 17th sanctions package at FAC next Tuesday. Sweden has put in significant work to further increase pressure on the Russian shadow fleet.

🇸🇪🇫🇮🇦🇹 Celebrating 30 years in the 🇪🇺

Book launch at Sweden in EU today! With Jessika Roswall Ambassador Mikaela Kumlin Granit and researchers from the 🇸🇪 Network for European Research in Political Science who contribute to this year’s Europaperspektiv: “Pitfall and Dilemmas: the EU charting its course in a new geopolitical world”.

EU-medlemskap är frivilligt - men den grundläggande respekten för de demokratiska principerna som följer med medlemskapet är det inte. Skriver i Expressen Debatt med @Rosencrantz_j och Nina Larsson expressen.se/debatt/debatt-…

Today our Danish neighbours and friends assume the presidency of the EU Council. Sweden fully supports Denmark’s priorities to strengthen the EU’s security and competitiveness 🇪🇺 Best of luck dear Lars Løkke Rasmussen, and thank you Radosław Sikorski 🇵🇱🇪🇺 for Poland’s hard work during your

In a significant ruling today, the European Court of Human Rights establishes that Russia has committed multiple, flagrant and unprecedented human rights violations in Ukraine. Sweden participated in the case in order to hold Russia accountable for its crimes.

President Prabowo Subianto and I have reached a political agreement to advance the 🇪🇺🇮🇩 free trade agreement. In a volatile world, this is the strength of partnerships. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Call it frugal, call it responsible with taxpayers' money. We believe that Europe has to be strong enough to support Ukraine, to defend our continent and to boost our global competitiveness. But we also say that Europe must be ready to make the hard calls. We must cut spending

I welcome President Trump’s important decision to make it possible to deliver more advanced weapons to Ukraine and to significantly increase the economic pressure on Russia. As one of the biggest donors to Ukraine, and together with our NATO allies, Sweden will continue to

Sweden wants the EU to introduce trade measures against Israel, such as freezing the trade component of the Association Agreement. We must continue to apply pressure on the Israeli Government to allow unobstructed and full-scale humanitarian assistance in Gaza, and on Hamas to