Sweden's foreign and security policy through EU cooperation
What's at stake: The issue concerns how well-equipped the EU is to counter hybrid threats such as cyberattacks, disinformation and election interference, and how forcefully Sweden should push for stronger common European defence and security cooperation. It affects citizens' exposure to information manipulation and the resilience of democratic processes.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
The question is whether the government should be given a clearer mandate to push for a stronger common EU policy on security, cyber defence and resilience against disinformation, or whether Sweden's continued engagement within existing EU cooperation and its shared values is judged sufficient.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee notes that 30 years of EU membership have shown that a strong, unified EU gives Europe strength and Sweden a stronger voice in global affairs, and stresses that the shared values of freedom, democracy, equality and the rule of law are among the union's foremost assets and the basis for functioning cooperation and trust — both between member states and for the wider world's confidence in the EU as a global actor. The committee maintains this view and does not see grounds for a separate government initiative beyond it.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 3 (S)
The Social Democrats argue that the government should work more actively to strengthen the EU's common foreign and security policy, including collective European defence capability and efforts against cyber threats and disinformation, including by pushing in the UN and the EU to hold states behind such activities accountable, and by supporting independent media and public awareness.
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 3 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 0/0/21/3
Sown reservation
–
No 0/93/0/13
MP
–
Yes 14/0/0/4
C
–
Abstain 0/0/17/7
L
–
Yes 14/0/0/2
KD
–
Yes 15/0/0/4
M
–
Yes 60/0/0/8
SD
–
Yes 60/0/0/12
Committee proposal
Parliament rejects the motions
2024/25:3107 by Morgan Johansson et al. (S) demands 17 and 49,
2024/25:3162 by Kerstin Lundgren et al. (C) demand 14 and
2024/25:3355 by Håkan Svenneling et al. (V) demand 21.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna
2024/25:3107 av Morgan Johansson m.fl. (S) yrkandena 17 och 49,
2024/25:3162 av Kerstin Lundgren m.fl. (C) yrkande 14 och
2024/25:3355 av Håkan Svenneling m.fl. (V) yrkande 21.
Riksdag decision: The government has reported to Parliament in a communication on activities in the EU during 2024. The communication addresses decisions and events in the union and presents the breadth of union issues based on work in the various ministerial councils.
It is 30 years since Sweden joined the EU. Parliament notes that a strong EU gives Europe strength and Sweden a stronger voice in global issues. The year has been characterized by a difficult external situation, with Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and an escalated conflict in the Middle East. Continued strong economic, military, political and humanitarian support to Ukraine and expanded sanctions against Russia have permeated the EU's political agenda.
Rule of law issues remain high on the EU's agenda. Parliament emphasizes the importance of prioritizing these issues and that the fundamental values of EU cooperation, freedom, democracy, equality and the principles of the rule of law, are respected by member states.
Parliament filed the communication, that is, concluded the matter.
Counter-proposals
The counter-proposal wants the EU to establish a clear sanctions escalation mechanism for countries that undermine democratic values, enabling exclusion of countries that dismantle democracy. (S) — Reservation 3
Motion 2024/25:1438 — Internationella relationer och mänskliga rättigheter av Markus Wiechel m.fl. (SD)
Motion 2024/25:22 — Befästningsarbeten längs EU:s östra gräns av Magnus Jacobsson (KD)
Motion 2024/25:25 — Fortsatt stöd till Ukraina av Magnus Jacobsson (KD)
Motion 2024/25:3023 — Försvar och samhällets krisberedskap av Peter Hultqvist m.fl. (S)
Motion 2024/25:3030 — Sverigedemokraternas biståndspolitik av Yasmine Eriksson m.fl. (SD)
Motion 2024/25:3038 — Stärkt beredskap och ett robustare samhälle av Daniel Helldén m.fl. (MP)
Motion 2024/25:3107 — Internationell samverkan av Morgan Johansson m.fl. (S)
Motion 2024/25:3162 — Internationellt samarbete i en utmanande tid av Kerstin Lundgren m.fl. (C)
Motion 2024/25:3355 — med anledning av skr. 2024/25:115 Verksamheten i Europeiska unionen under 2024 av Håkan Svenneling m.fl. (V)
Motion 2024/25:387 — Separat avtal mellan EU och de belarusiska demokratiska krafternas institutioner som en del av det förnyade östliga partnerskapet av Björn Söder och Markus Wiechel (båda SD)
Motion 2024/25:395 — EU:s avtal med och finansiering av Kubas regim av Björn Söder och Markus Wiechel (båda SD)
Motion 2024/25:516 — Målsättning att göra EU till renodlad frihandelsunion av Josef Fransson (SD)
Motion 2024/25:522 — Stöd för ett fritt och demokratiskt Belarus av Magnus Berntsson (KD)
Motion 2024/25:524 — Stöd för demokrati och mänskliga rättigheter på Kuba av Magnus Berntsson (KD)
Motion 2024/25:528 — Konfliktmineraler och deras offer av Gudrun Brunegård (KD)
Motion 2024/25:868 — Sveriges stöd för Ukrainas frihet och vägval mot Europa av Magnus Berntsson (KD)