The Swedish Presidency intends to start working on a long-term economic recovery of the EU

During the autumn Europe will face increasing unemployment and social exclusion. At the same time, the threat from our changing climate is growing. I believe we need to address the climate change challenge together, in Europe and globally. Therefore, the UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen in December, where Sweden will represent the EU, is of great importance, declares the Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt in an exclusive interview for the Council of Europe website.

- During our Presidency, we will draw up a new strategy in the area of justice and home affairs, which will be called the Stockholm Programme. An EU with 27 Member States and 500 million citizens is very different from the Union founded some fifty years ago. We must be able to guarantee our citizens safety and the rule of law.

- Since the 2004 EU enlargement, eight of the nine countries in the Baltic Sea region are EU members. I believe it is time for the countries in the region to start working more closely together in order to tackle regional challenges, such as pollution, and to make the region safer and more secure by combating human trafficking and intensifying police cooperation, naval surveillance and military cooperation between the countries in the region.

The interview can be read on the website of
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