The EU's sanctions against Russia, China and Israel
What's at stake: The decision affects how effectively economic pressure on Russia is maintained, including against the shadow fleet that circumvents oil sanctions, and how Sweden acts on human-rights violations in China and the Israel-Palestine conflict. It concerns which concrete measures - such as prosecutions and inter-agency cooperation - are prioritised.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
The question is how far Sweden and the EU should go in tightening and enforcing compliance with sanctions against Russia, China and Israel, or whether the current work within EU cooperation and inter-agency coordination is sufficient.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee welcomes the government working for increased pressure on Russia through more effective measures against the shadow fleet, stresses that combating sanctions evasion requires close cooperation between authorities and ongoing dialogue with the European Commission, maintains that unified EU action is crucial for sanctions against China, and welcomes the EU foreign ministers' agreement on targeted sanctions against Israeli settlers without taking a position on more detailed measures against Israel.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 7 (S)
The reservation (S) wants the government to bring together the relevant authorities and industry and transport representatives to tighten enforcement of the sanctions against Russia, act so that sanctions evasion is detected earlier and punished more severely, and push within the EU to cut Russia's revenue from fossil-fuel exports and for continued targeted measures against the shadow fleet.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
V–
S–
MP–
C–
L–
KD–
M–
SD–
YesNoAbstainAbsent
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 7 by S.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
The plan's stance / Actual vote
AI
Vote
Confidence
Evidence
V
–
Abstain 0/0/20/1
Sown reservation
–
No 0/106/0/0
MP
–
Abstain 0/0/18/0
C
–
Abstain 0/0/23/1
L
–
Yes 16/0/0/0
KD
–
Yes 18/0/0/1
M
–
Yes 65/0/0/1
SD
–
Yes 68/0/0/2
Committee proposal
The Riksdag rejects the motions
2025/26:2369 by Håkan Svenneling et al. (V) item 7,
2025/26:2831 by Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist et al. (C) item 40,
2025/26:3411 by Jacob Risberg et al. (MP) items 14 and 34,
2025/26:3593 by Fredrik Olovsson et al. (S) item 35,
2025/26:3623 by Morgan Johansson et al. (S) items 5 and 6,
2025/26:3729 by Kerstin Lundgren et al. (C) item 39 and
2025/26:3988 by Håkan Svenneling et al. (V) items 25, 26 and 28.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna
2025/26:2369 av Håkan Svenneling m.fl. (V) yrkande 7,
2025/26:2831 av Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist m.fl. (C) yrkande 40,
2025/26:3411 av Jacob Risberg m.fl. (MP) yrkandena 14 och 34,
2025/26:3593 av Fredrik Olovsson m.fl. (S) yrkande 35,
2025/26:3623 av Morgan Johansson m.fl. (S) yrkandena 5 och 6,
2025/26:3729 av Kerstin Lundgren m.fl. (C) yrkande 39 och
2025/26:3988 av Håkan Svenneling m.fl. (V) yrkandena 25, 26 och 28.
Riksdag decision: The Government has submitted a communication on EU activities during 2025. The communication addresses decisions and events in the union and reports on the breadth of union issues based on the work in the various Council formations.
In the communication, the Government describes how European security has been challenged by an unstable neighbourhood, hybrid threats and a global context in which the rules-based international order is being questioned. The Riksdag believes, as before, that it is central to Sweden's security and stability in the world that the rules-based international order is maintained.
During the year, Sweden has been a driving force behind the EU imposing additional sanctions against Russia and Belarus due to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The Riksdag welcomes the Government's efforts to increase pressure on Russia.
The enlargement process in the union has also made progress during 2025. The Riksdag believes an enlargement is important for peace, stability and prosperity in Europe. But an enlargement is only possible if the process is perceived as legitimate and has broad support among the member states.
Furthermore, the Riksdag believes that respect for the EU's common fundamental values – democracy, the rule of law, human rights and international law – is one of the union's foremost assets that must be guaranteed.
The Riksdag placed the communication on file, that is, closed the matter.
Counter-proposals
The counter-proposal wants to implement a gradual EU enlargement with phased access for candidate countries. (S) — Reservation 7