The Social Democrats, the Environment Party, the Center Party and the Liberals announced on Friday that they had reached a settlement for the appropriations for the Swedish defense. In accordance with the Swedish Defense Committee's proposals, the appropriations will be increased by SEK 5 billion a year between 2022 and 2025.

But how the venture is to be financed has so far been left unanswered.

- We return to the full account of how this is going to happen at another time. There is a common view of the financing that I think looks good, said Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist (S) about the settlement.

Directly financed by bank tax

Now SVT's internal political commentator Mats Knutson finds that the parties that cooperate within the framework of the January agreement have agreed on the introduction of a new bank tax.

- There is already a letter in the 73-point settlement that aims to increase taxation of the financial sector. And now the government, the Center Party and the Liberals have agreed that such a bank tax should directly fund in any case the first step, five billion, which is the increase in the defense appropriation, he says in Report.

According to SVT's information, the new tax will be presented during a press conference with Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson (S) and Peter Hultqvist tomorrow.

"Manages to break bourgeois unity"

According to Mats Knutson, the bank tax is an important reason why the Social Democrats have now agreed to commit to the costs proposed by the Defense Committee - and for which they previously demanded reservations.

- The bank tax is probably controversial. Magdalena Andersson tried to introduce one during the last term, it faced stiff criticism and was forced to withdraw the proposal. Now it has succeeded in getting it also supported by bourgeois parties, ie C and L, which is a great success.

- But at least as important is that in this way they succeed in breaking the bourgeois consensus.