Tuesday, 18 April 2023, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Germany: The Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden in Germany, Per Thöresson, attended the meeting of the European Committee of the Bürgerschaft (City-State Assembly).
Thöresson spoke to the committee members about his home country’s programme for the EU Council Presidency. The meeting in the committee has become a tradition – for years, the ambassadors of the presidency countries have presented the programme there, most recently the Czech Ambassador Tomáš Kafka in October 2022.
Sweden had to fundamentally change its programme for the Council Presidency due to the Russian war of aggression on Ukraine, said Thöresson at the beginning of his presentation. Supporting Ukraine is now the top priority, he said. “Ukraine is fighting our war. It is fighting for our liberal values. Putin must not win this war.”
Sweden has set the following themes as priorities for the Presidency:
Security – Unity
Resilience – Competitiveness
Prosperity – Green Change and Energy Transition
Democratic values and the rule of law – our foundation
Sweden’s 2023 Presidency is part of the eleventh Presidency trio that began in 2022 and also includes France and the Czech Republic. It is Sweden’s third Presidency after 2001 and 2009.
For further information
Bremen City-State Assembly: https://www.bremische-buergerschaft.de/index.php?id=35&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=1940&cHash=bab9f3d5585134473e91a7e35ae19c04
Photo’s caption: Ambassador Thöresson and the Chair of the Committee on Federal and European Affairs, International Contacts and Development, Susanne Grobien on the left – Picture by ‘Bremische Bürgerschaft’.
