Published 20 June 2024 at 07.48
Domestic. The moderates face a storm of criticism on social media after the Riksdag voted through the DCA agreement, which according to critics means that the US is allowed to occupy Sweden.
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TwittraShare< p>That a foreign power is allowed to militarily occupy Sweden has not happened since Gustav Vasa's time when modern Sweden was formed.
According to a recent survey, no less than 84 percent say no to a foreign power being allowed to place military and military equipment on Swedish military bases without Swedish oversight.
Despite this, an overwhelming majority of the Riksdag voted through the DCA agreement on Tuesday, which gives the US military the exclusive right to dispose of military areas at 17 Swedish military bases, where Swedish authorities waive the right to access. In practice, this means that these areas become part of the territory of the United States. There are also no guarantees in the agreement against the US placing nuclear weapons on Swedish soil in peacetime without Swedish consent.
Only 37 members voted no – those present from the Left Party and the Green Party as well as the political savages Elsa Widding (formerly SD) and Jamal El-Haj (formerly S).
On social media, the Moderates are now bragging that the proposal passed in the Riksdag. “An important step for Swedish security”, writes the party.
On X, the post has received hundreds of posts, a very large percentage of which contain the word “country traitor” or “folk traitor”.
“I never thought, as an old right-handed conservative, that I would agree with MP and V. That the Moderates has betrayed his party and his country, I knew that since old man Reinfeldt's evil destructive time in power, but…unfortunately it has only gotten worse and worse,” writes one person.
Others state that the proposal passed without any public debate – “just like in a banana republic”, and that the politicians have now literally given Sweden away to the USA.
“We will always remember the day you sold out Sweden's sovereignty to the most corrupt and warmongering country in history… and we hate you for it!” writes a user.
Last night, the moderate-led government passed the defense agreement with the USA in the Riksdag. An important step for Swedish security.
All parties except MP and V voted yes. pic.twitter.com/kLYanU31qf
— The moderates (@the moderates) June 19, 2024
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