Sweden to discuss defense policy
In Sweden, to a deficit of 165 million kroner in the military budget argument. But actually is about much more significant amounts - to the future security policy in the country. To an unusual controversy between the government and the armed forces leadership Sweden, the dispute to eliminate one billion hole in the current defense budget expanded. The conservative defense minister of civil four-party coalition, Sven Tolgfors, lies with his military commander-in-chief (OB), Hakan Syren, in the hair. At first it is a within just nine months entstandenes deficit of 1.5 billion crowns (about 165 million euros) for the armed forces. Tolgfors therefore required under pressure from the finance minister, commander-in-chief in 2010 a recovery plan implemented. At the same time, he incapacitation of the de facto OB terms of economic decision-making powers in the armed forces. Syren, now the middle of this month, a savings plan, which presumably also provocative. For example, he sees the removal of 2500 posts and the closure of 21 locations. Not only did the camp with the military defense of the country directly concerned parties to exchange harsh words. Even the leaders, mostly military freundlichen media Sweden use the opportunity to this dispute and its consequences with the question of membership of the country in the NATO link. Referring to Finland, where the conservative Minister for appearance, defense and finance not afraid anymore, a NATO candidate to support, Sweden urge large newspapers and the arms industry, the bourgeois government, its prudent restraint against a public debate led NATO to up next term. In fact, seems the dispute between Defense Minister and the commander-in-chief of NATO supporters water on the mills to manage. After talking now, according to surveys already 38 percent of the population for NATO accession. However, it is still less than the ‘no Sager (42 percent). The fierce dispute about the consequences of the billion hole revealed differences, however, especially on the military doctrine of the country. Because the transition from traditional neutrality defense to global conflict intervention for the “defense” of Western interests in Sweden is not only financial problems. More importantly, seems to be renewed dispute over a coherent interpretation of the military threat picture. Commander-in-chief Syren, the head of the Foreign Affairs Institute and the Thomas Ries in the summer of 2007 resignation of Defense Minister Mikael Odenberg warn of alleged security risks resulting from Russia’s massive economic and military power growth in the Barents region and result in the Baltic region. Sweden was in the military case not to defend, warned the armed forces chief. This statement, however, contradicts that of all parliamentary parties largely mitgetragenen defense report of December 2007 and the perspective of the Defense Minister Tolgfors. Not least in these confrontations are significant differences in interests within the arms industry to expression.
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