Current Events > Swedish PM holding speech to the nation in 9 minutes.

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The news of this speech came just an hour ago.

What are the expectations?

Sweden has a two century tradition of neutrality, so this could be anything ranging from seeking to join NATO outright to detailing a plan to supply Ukraine with military supplies, either of which would've been unthinkable ideas as recently as two weeks ago.

K181 posted...

Sweden has a two century tradition of neutrality, so this could be anything ranging from seeking to join NATO outright to detailing a plan to supply Ukraine with military supplies, either of which would've been unthinkable ideas as recently as two weeks ago.

If it's military supplies, then they'll be just a day or so behind Finland on that. And no, this is not a "neeh-neeh, Finland beat Sweden."
Just that I think it's a watershed event that Finland provides weapons to a country fighting Russia.

Thompson posted...

What are the expectations?

Probably a very serious speech about the war but experts predict news about increased military spending and probably something about our supplies to Ukraine.

Maybe something about an overview of Swedens defense alliances, which could be the start of a NATO debate between Riksdagens parties.

Got a link?

Shadow Don posted...

Got a link?

https://www.svt.se/nyheter/utrikes/direktrapport-forsamrat-sakerhetslage

Nothing about NATO but 3 key parts:

* Continued sanctions against Russia.
* She talked about the weapons and resources to Ukraine which Riksdagen approved yesterday.
* The Government will bring forth extra military spending bills.

She also talked about the importance of not believing disinformation and the importance of not sharing information if we the people see Swedish soldiers and vehicles around the country.