Exactly how it should be done "needs to be analyzed and discussed in depth", writes European Parliament member Alice Teodorescu Måwe, defense spokesperson Mikael Oscarsson, and foreign affairs spokesperson Magnus Berntsson in the debate article.
"One way would be for the EU to co-finance research and development of France's and possibly the UK's nuclear weapons", they write.
They continue to write that there is currently no need for Swedish nuclear weapons or any other nation's nuclear weapons on Swedish soil. "On the other hand, there is a need to ensure a deterrent capability together with our European allies."
Furthermore, they write, among other things, that Europe must introduce "exception rules and fast tracks for European defense industry" and establish a special intergovernmental European defense bank where countries can borrow money if they cannot quickly increase their defense allocations. But also that NATO's guidelines of two percent of GDP in defense allocations "must be transformed into a floor and raised".
"We cannot rule out, with an American president who seems to work with uncertainty and sudden drastic outbursts as a method – that the stability of NATO will primarily lie in Europe's hands", they write.
