The framework for the negotiations is the January agreement between the S + MP government, the Center Party and the Liberals. The increased funding will primarily apply to the state budget for 2020, where the government must specify planned appropriations for the years 2021 and 2022, Dagens Nyheter states.

In addition to increased funding, the parties are also negotiating grants totaling 15 billion in 2023-2025. C and L are stated to want to write that the levels of financial compensation to the Defense Committee should apply until 2025.

According to the current budget, presented by the Moderates and Christian Democrats, the total defense budget will amount to SEK 64 billion in 2020 and 70 billion in 2021.

Previous negotiations failed

The amounts are in line with the cost estimate from the Defense Committee, which proposed incremental increases of 5 billion in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.

In the negotiations on the new appropriations, Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson (S) was unwilling to devote more resources to the defense. Six days before the report was to be presented, the Social Democrats declared that the party did not want to commit itself to a political settlement.

Two days later, M, C, KD and L chose to leave in protest.