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Stoltenberg: “Sweden in NATO by July”

Published 5 January 2024
– By Editorial Staff
Ulf Kristersson on the left and Jens Stoltenberg.

Sweden will become a full NATO member by July this year, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg expects, according to the German news agency DPA. Despite many political developments, he believes that Sweden’s membership will be confirmed this summer, following the approval of Turkey and Hungary.

According to the German press agency DPA, Jens Stoltenberg expressed the belief that Sweden will join the US-led military alliance as a full member in time for the next summit in Washington.

Stoltenberg’s statements can be seen in light of the fact that Turkey’s President Erdogan has for some time been pushing hard for the US to approve the delivery of F-16 aircraft to Turkey, which Turkey has more or less demanded in order to approve Sweden’s application. Meanwhile, the US and Turkish foreign ministers discussed Sweden’s NATO membership by telephone. Even then, Turkey is said to have stressed its expectation that the US would honor its commitments regarding the F-16 deal.

Turkey approved Sweden’s application through its foreign affairs committee last week, but formal ratification requires a vote in the Turkish parliament. The date for this vote has not yet been set, but once it is completed, President Erdogan’s signature will be required to officially approve Sweden’s entry into NATO.

In NATO country Hungary, the government and lawmakers have also expressed doubts about approving Sweden’s application.

Sweden's path to the NATO military alliance

Sweden applied for NATO membership, in parallel with Finland, on 18 May 2022. On 5 July of the same year, Sweden and Finland were formally granted invitee status. For Finland, the process was completed in April this year, when membership was finalized after Hungary and Turkey became the last NATO countries to ratify the country's application.

At the NATO summit in Vilnius in early July, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan promised to send the Swedish application to parliament for ratification "as soon as possible". On October 23, the Turkish presidential office announced that Erdogan had signed and forwarded Sweden's NATO application to parliament.

On November 16, the issue was raised in the Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, but the vote was postponed. On 26 December, the foreign affairs committee approved Sweden's application and forwarded it to the Grand Chamber of the Parliament.

Neither Turkey nor Hungary has ratified Sweden's application. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has previously said that the country will not be the last to approve Sweden.

Source. TT

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Swedish government proposes permanent “pandemic law” with mandatory masks and testing

Totalitarianism

Published today 14:32
– By Editorial Staff
"We need an infection control law that takes into account a pandemic", says Jakob Forssmed.

The Moderate-led government’s investigators propose that Sweden introduces a new pandemic law – this time a permanent one.

Exactly how such a law will be designed is currently unclear – but requirements to wear masks, compulsory tests, participation restrictions and curfews are highlighted as possible scenarios.

During the 2020-2021 corona crisis, Swedish authorities rushed to pass various temporary laws and restrictions that in various ways limited citizens’ freedoms and rights – the purpose of which was allegedly to reduce the spread of infection.

Among other things, face masks were imposed in many places, parents were not allowed to accompany their children to hospitals, and elderly people were left in isolation for long periods – and were not allowed to see their relatives.

Pupils were also not allowed to go to school, travel restrictions were imposed and Swedes’ ability to participate in public gatherings, events or social life in general was severely restricted.

The powers that be also took the opportunity to introduce covid passports – a kind of “digital proof” of vaccination – where unvaccinated people were not allowed to participate in public life on the same terms as those who had been injected with the vaccine.

The COVID passport was also heavily criticized and accused of being used to discriminate against those who did not want to take the experimental vaccines and create a medical apartheid society.

Rights should not be restricted “more than necessary”

Government investigator Jan Albert is now proposing a new – and permanent – law on “community-based infection control measures”, which would reportedly allow the government to act quickly and prescribe infection control measures in the community in the event of an alleged pandemic.

While arguing that the rights and freedoms of Swedes should not be curtailed “more than absolutely necessary”, the investigator wants to see legislative changes that, among other things, make it possible to carry out more large-scale testing and tracing of infections than before.

– Society has now been able to learn many important lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure we are better prepared for future crises. This investigation is an important step in the work to strengthen our pandemic preparedness and protect people’s lives and health, said Minister for Social Affairs Jakob Forssmed (KD).

It cannot be ruled out that Sweden will be exposed to a new pandemic; on the contrary, it is very likely, he adds.

No “total lockdown”

Despite the talk of protecting the freedoms of Swedes, the report still proposes a number of repressive coercive measures – for example, it should be possible for the authorities to shut down various activities if there is deemed to be a high risk of infection. These measures could also be introduced without first being approved by Parliament.

You can guess that it will be about similar measures such as participation numbers and distances, says Jan Albert, but at the same time promises that there are no plans to shut down the entire society.

– We don’t have total lockdown or curfew as possible measures, he says.

Will “come back” on curfew

However, depending on how the spread of infection is assessed, it may be necessary to force Swedes to be tested – and they do not rule out introducing a requirement to wear a face mask, and the proposal is proposed to enter into force on September 1, 2026.

– This may be something that is appropriate. However, this would require assessments to be made and perhaps new knowledge to show that they are very useful, Albert continues.

We need an infection control law that takes into account a pandemic, Jakob Forssmed states, but does not want to answer whether the Moderate-led government also wants the opportunity to issue a curfew.

– We’ll have to come back to that, he says.

The Nordic Times has written a large number of articles about the corona crisis, the criticized mass vaccination campaigns and the harmful effects of the lockdown policy many of these can be read here.

Half of all Swedes want to leave the country

Published yesterday 16:10
– By Editorial Staff
Stockholmers are most interested in moving abroad.

Fewer and fewer seem to see a future in Sweden after their working life – and every second Swede now states they want to move abroad after retirement.

Warmer countries are the main attraction – and Stockholmers are the group most likely to move abroad.

I want to live, I want to die in the North” is a well-known line from Sweden’s national anthem – but in reality, many Swedes seem to have completely different plans.

A survey conducted by Kantar on behalf of life insurance company Movestic shows that a slight majority – 51% of those surveyed – would like to live abroad for all or part of the year. Just over a third of the 2000 respondents said they wanted to stay in Sweden and 13% said they were unsure.

Southern Europe is seen as the most attractive, with Spain in first place, followed by Italy, France and Greece – and a desire for more sun and warmth is the main reason why Swedes want to move abroad.

Western countries are the main attraction, with Oceania and the USA coming in fifth and sixth place respectively.

Want to escape gang crime

Other important reasons are to lower their cost of living, experience other cultures and avoid the widespread gang crime in Sweden.

Clear regional differences can also be noted. 59 percent of Stockholmers are interested in moving abroad – while only 45 percent of residents in Central and Upper Norrland have any such desire.

More men (55%) than women (47%) also want to leave the country, and these plans are most prevalent in the 40-55 age group.

In total, 2055 people aged between 25 and 66 were interviewed.

More young Swedes poisoning themselves with over-the-counter medications

Published yesterday 10:37
– By Editorial Staff
Last year, the Swedish Poisons Information Center received almost 7000 calls about self-harm and suicide attempts.

Over the past decade, the number of calls to the Swedish Poisons Information Center (Giftinformationscentralen) about young people deliberately poisoning themselves has almost tripled and the most commonly used drug in suicide attempts is the painkiller paracetamol.

– Paracetamol is by far the most commonly used drug in suicide and self-harm, confirms Shahabeh Shokrolahi, a call-taker at the Swedish Poisons Information Center.

It’s not that paracetamol is necessarily more toxic than many other medicines it’s that it’s something that most families have in their homes, and it’s often kept in an easily accessible place.

– It is not paracetamol that is the problem, but the well-being of young people. If it hadn’t been paracetamol, it would surely have been something else, she argues in the state television SVT.

It should be noted that there has long been an awareness that Alvedon, Panodil and the like have often been used in suicide attempts and that several changes have therefore been introduced to make it more difficult for minors to obtain the drugs.

For example, the sale of paracetamol tablets in supermarkets was banned and young people were only allowed to buy one pack at a time yet poisonings have only increased.

“Could have been worse”

– If we hadn’t taken these measures, it could have been worse. We don’t know and we’ll never know, but it could have been that there would have been even more calls, speculates Shokrolahi.

Last year, the Swedish Poisons Information Center received almost 7,000 calls about self-harm and suicide attempts compared to 2,500 ten years earlier.

There is no clear answer as to why more and more young people are choosing to harm themselves in this way but it is noted that nine out of ten people surveyed keep painkillers in unlocked and easily accessible areas.

– Even if you don’t suspect that your teenager would resort to drugs in a crisis situation, your teenager’s friends or relatives might. That’s why it’s important that all medicines are locked up and the home is teen-proofed, concludes Shokrolahi.

Organized crime takes over Swedish aid for disabled citizens

organized crime

Published yesterday 7:22
– By Editorial Staff
The Swedish Social Insurance Agency describes gang criminals entering the assistance industry as more the rule than the exception.

The Swedish Social Insurance Agency (Försäkringskassan) is sounding the alarm that Sweden’s personal assistance allowance is currently being plundered by organized crime – and that taxpayer money is not only being stolen, but also risks financing other criminal activities.

When the privatization and sell-off of the Swedish welfare system began in earnest in the early 1990s, many warned that criminal actors would enter these sectors – either to launder money or to defraud the state and enrich themselves.

That warning has come true – and now Försäkringskassan reports that it’s now more common than not for gang criminals to be active in the personal assistance industry.

Criminals are abusing the welfare system through the personal assistance allowance. Four in ten users are estimated to have come into contact with personal assistants who have links to, or are active within, organized crime”, the agency warns, continuing:

The analysis shows that gang criminals and their families are heavily involved in the assistance sector, both as company representatives and as personal assistants, while remaining actively involved in crime“.

Systematic infiltration

It notes that in the period 2022-2023, people active or linked to criminal networks worked in all of the largest 62 assistance companies – and more than one in ten Swedish assistance companies are deemed to have “particularly close links to organized crime“.

It is not only Swedish society and taxpayers who suffer when foreign criminal networks have systematically infiltrated the assistance industry – disabled people also risk being left behind.

This includes vulnerable individuals being neglected, and people with disabilities being used as tools for crime – often with children being the ones who suffer most. Users risk receiving poor or no assistance at all”, Försäkringskassan states.

Tax money strengthens gangs’ finances

The money that the criminal networks manage to swindle is also at risk of being used to finance other criminal activities – and Swedes are thus forced to finance the gangs’ purchases of weapons and drugs, for example.

Furthermore, what appears to be legitimate employment – for instance as a personal assistant – can give the employee access to other types of social insurance fraud“, the agency adds.

The report was produced using data from a wide range of other Swedish authorities such as the Swedish Economic Crime Authority, the Swedish Enforcement Authority, the Swedish Migration Agency, the Swedish Tax Agency and the Swedish Police Authority.

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