The Social Democrats are launching a "relaxation podcast" with defense policy spokesperson Peter Hultqvist. For 90 minutes, he reads 531 decisions from the Social Democrats' most recent congress in a pleasant, low-pitched voice.
SwedenThe Social Democrats want a NATO-based multinational force on Gotland. "I want us to build a bastion in the northern corner of Europe," Social Democratic leader Magdalena Andersson says.
SwedenWhen the eight parties in parliament agreed on 300 billion for a defense upgrade last summer, the government promised to resume talks on the future of defense in the fall. Defense Minister Pål Jonson (M) has not lived up to that promise.
SwedenThe Social Democrats want 12,000 conscripts to be trained each year from 2030. Previously, the parliamentary parties have agreed on 10,000 from the same year.
SwedenThe Social Democrats welcome the announcement that Sweden may sell over 100 Gripen planes to Ukraine. But Swedish fighter planes should be sent already now, says the defence policy spokesperson Peter Hultqvist (S).
SwedenThe Social Democrats want to see a law with a general ban on Russian real estate purchases and investments in Sweden. And the government should in the EU work for a ban on visas for Russian tourists.
SwedenRussian GPS disruptions against Swedish air and sea traffic destabilize the country and risk causing serious accidents. According to the Social Democrats' defense policy spokesperson Peter Hultqvist, the disruptions are to be considered as state terrorism.
SwedenIf the acquittal of the former security coordinator Henrik Landerholm is not appealed and changed in a higher instance, the law should be reviewed, thinks the former Minister of Defence Peter Hultqvist (S). It cannot be that one is so grossly negligent with secret documents and then gets away with it, he says.
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