Margot Wallström opens for NATO membership

Margot Wallström has been affected by the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine and is opening up for a Swedish membership in NATO.

- I think we should keep pace with Finland.

And if Finland joins, then maybe we should join too.

But in that case, it must be with broad consensus, where the people have seen responsible politicians analyze and weigh the pros and cons, she tells Dagens Nyheter.

If Finland, which has a 130 km long border with Russia, joins NATO, Sweden may have to do the same for solidarity reasons, says the former Foreign Minister.

M wants to take steps towards NATO membership 

The Social Democrats do not want Sweden to join NATO, but Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has previously stated that she wants to deepen the partnership with the defense alliance.

The Moderates are for a future membership in NATO and in a debate article in DN earlier this week, party leader Ulf Kristersson opened to take steps towards a future NATO membership if the Moderates win the election this autumn, even if the Social Democrats would be against this.

“My starting point is to reach a broad and cross-bloc agreement on this issue.

But if a NATO application were to be blocked by the Social Democrats, at the same time as Finland takes further steps towards membership, we will end up in a new situation.

Then the question will lie with the government that takes office after the next election, "wrote the M-leader in the debate article.