Swedish MPs accept US defense deal.

Notably, the December deal between Stockholm and Washington permits US personnel to enter seventeen Swedish defense locations and to keep military hardware, munitions, and ammunition within the nation.

The Swedish Parliament overwhelmingly approved a defense deal with the United States on Tuesday, June 18. Opponents claim that this article paves the way for the placement of American bases permanently in Sweden as well as the use of nuclear weapons.

266 of 349 MPs voted in favor of the Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA), with 37 voting against and 46 abstaining from the vote. The DCA was signed by Washington and Stockholm in December. With its entry into NATO in March, Sweden gave up two centuries of military non-alignment, therefore this agreement represents a significant shift in the country’s defense strategy.

Washington and Stockholm struck a deal in December that permits US forces to access seventeen Swedish defense bases to stockpile military hardware, ammunition, and supplies there.

According to those who opposed it, the agreement ought to have said that nuclear weapons would not be allowed in Sweden. “We want the law to forbid the entry of nuclear weapons onto Swedish soil,” Emma Beginger, a Green Party member, stated during Tuesday’s parliamentary debate. The Green Party will vote against this accord, she continued, “because the government has regrettably decided to sign an agreement which does not close the door to nuclear weapons.”

Supported by the Sweden Democrats (SD, far right), the center-right administration of Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson guarantees, on its part, that the deal upholds Swedish sovereignty.

During the debate, Defense Minister Pal Jonson gave his assurance that “it is very clear that Sweden is a sovereign nation and no country will be able to force Sweden to have nuclear weapons on its soil.”

The left was against the pact.

The agreement needed the support of more than half of the 349 elected officials and at least 75% of the voting parliamentarians in order to be ratified. The Left Party and the Greens, who opposed the accord and had voted against NATO membership, were unable to veto the wording on their own because they only had 42 seats.

Two Left Party MPs described the deal as “not only naive but downright insane” in a Sunday piece in the daily Aftonbladet. They also said that it made Sweden less secure because “American defense and security policy is based on nuclear weapons.”

One of the most influential critical voices, the Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society, noted that during the NATO membership process, two successive Swedish governments had urged that Sweden take the same stance on nuclear weapons as its neighbors, Denmark and Norway.

The association’s president, Kerstin Bergea, stated in an article that “the Swedish agreement contains no reservations against the introduction or stationing of nuclear weapons in Sweden, unlike the DCA agreements of Norway and Denmark.”

She says that Finland “has a law that prohibits nuclear weapons on Finnish territory and Finland’s DCA agreement mentions this law,” noting that Finland joined NATO in April 2023. “Would strengthen the Nordic region and contribute to a common de-escalation in the face of Russian nuclear weapons,” according to Sweden, such a mention would be.

In the case of a security crisis, American assistance

In May, the prime minister of Sweden opened a debate by allowing the placement of nuclear weapons during a “wartime”. He stated on public radio SR that “it’s a completely different question in wartime, it would completely depend on what happens.”

The two Left Party lawmakers responded, “This is an incredible statement, completely contrary to what Swedes think and what Sweden has stood for for a long time.”

Ms. Bergea thinks it’s unlikely that Sweden will be able to stop US access or actions on its soil even if they go against Swedish legislation or national interests. “For matters as important as these, an agreement based solely on trust is insufficient,” the speaker stated.

“Sweden can benefit from early, rapid, and effective military support from the United States in the event of a deterioration in the security situation,” stated Minister Pal Jonson, citing the DCA as the reason. stated in a May statement.

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