Do you have a translation by any chance?
Ehh - yes, after some searching and trial & error work... Also, It was the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet not Dagens Nyheter - sorry.
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In a newspaper letter in February 2006, the Karlskoga native Roland Forsgren stated the following: 'One day we will, of the Swedish people, to wake up and find that we are in NATO, EMU and the United States of Europe. I hope someone can explain how it happened / ... /. How do we - in the name of democracy - the loss of our sovereignty. 'Since then, this issue has become even more acute, not least with regard to NATO issue. Because Sweden has been drawn ever deeper into NATO, which is dominated by the United States and that, in accordance with the superpower doctrine, claiming the right to first use of kärnvapen. This deepening cooperation has been contrary to public opinion. According to the SOM-institute, the Institute's latest poll 2007 was 44 percent against and only 19 percent for NATO membership, and with some minor variations, so it has been published since 1994 began studying the issue. But behind people's backs has been a stealth accession to NATO.
It has now gone so far that NATO supporters can reasonably be argued that Sweden in fact is already informally with the order where 90 procent.Det is simply to acknowledge this fact, it says, and take the next small step to formal membership with all benefits that this alleged offer, that it will 'be with, and influence.' (See eg 'We should join NATO formally', 7 / 11 2007, and 'Sweden is already in NATO', 8 / 2 2008 in Svenska Dagbladet Brännpunkt.Unfortunately it is true that Sweden's cooperation with NATO has gone extremely deep without debate. The underlying process deserve proper lighting. It is not just a question of our security policy. It is also very much a question of democracy.
The question that should be obvious is: Given the significant and persistent public opinion towards NATO accession, and that only one of seven parliamentary parties openly advocate full membership, how it was anything possible to Sweden so much already themselves wrapped in NATO? We believe it is about the tyranny of small steps. But it can be assumed that these steps have been taken by real life people who apparently represents a small minority. This is why it is urgent to find out: • What are the small - and perhaps even greater - the steps taken to date? • Who has taken these steps, with the means and motives, and with what legitimacy? • Which elected representatives have allowed this to happen, and how come?
Rapprochement with NATO seems to be proceeding under the assumption that most already know what NATO is, what the alliance previously kept on with what it has for the future, the role of Sweden should have a connection, and what determines under which we beslutsprocess. Do Swedish people accept that our soldiers will die or get but for the life of the OFFENSIVE and other wars in which Sweden alone would never intervene militarily? What does it mean for our ability to support UN operations in the future? And not least: How are we going to the NATO nuclear weapons? Other potentially relevant questions are: Is there any connection between events in American security policy and NATO's growing importance, for example around the submarine incidents?
In what ways, directly and indirectly, said NATO could exert influence on the armed forces and society in general? What relationship is there between the EU and NATO and the United Nations and NATO - important because both the EU and the UN is quite crucial for India? Will Defense Forces economic crisis to increase or reduce the arguments for NATO accession? With few exceptions, our elected representatives and the media had surreptitious connection proceed without much resistance or attempts to lighting. Journalism critical function of security by their absence. This has facilitated a determined minority to create the impression that all resistance is futile. But the information, debate and resistance is never meaningless.
A first step is to highlight the issue and draw the spotlight on the entire process. To this end we have established an online forum where all are welcome to submit comments and suggestions, be informed about the project's development and more. The URL is:
www.natosmyg.seSjälvfallet, it is important to also hold the debate in other forums, such as here in the Svenska Dagbladet Brännpunkt.På term, we must also address the issue of how Sweden should maintain its security in other ways than through NATO medlemskap.Denna discussion should naturally assume that Sweden in the first instance and in accordance with the UN Charter, the emphasis on peaceful conflict resolution and dialogue rather than military power and military alliances. We urge all who want to protect the country's democracy and autonomy to participate in this for the future of Sweden's extremely important debate.
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That was it! Excuse the bad Swedish/English "online translation" but I think you get the picture. Svenska Dagbladet is the largest conservative newspaper in Sweden and this debate article did pop up today.
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