The Swedish prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, presented his country’s priorities to the European Parliament on Wednesday 14 December, as Sweden takes over the Presidency of the EU Council from 1 January to 30 June 2023.
Sweden highlights four priorities: - EU security, the Presidency’s “primary task”, and unity; - competitiveness, which “also means resilience”; - the ecological and energy transition (see other news); - democratic values and the rule of law, “our...