The debate about Europe in Sweden

Article forms part of a series of articles in this issue of Collegium: 'Does Euroscepticism have a passport?' The democratic aspects have always played a prominent role in the debate on Europe in Sweden. The sceptical attitude towards the EU is partly explained by the anxiety that Sweden will have to renounce the fundamental requirements of democracy, in which case membership of the EU would result in a loss of democracy. Sweden's official policy on EU is marked by internal contradictions. But with her traditions of local government, public participation, equal rights, gender equality and freedom of information, Sweden is in a position to make an important contribution to the European debate.

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