“The face of brexit – Sweden woos the Netherlands”
“the Swedes and the brits have gone hand in hand in the EU in many issues. Before brexit is now looking for Sweden, new alliances. Top priority: the Netherlands.”
“With the for eyes met with minister for EU affairs Hans Dahlgren (S) on Tuesday, Michael Stibbe, Dutch prime minister Mark Ruttes closest collaborators in EU affairs, in the Hague.”
“It was the Swedish minister, the first bilateral trip of this kind.”
the “Brexit means that Sweden will lose a heavy partner. That void can be filled with the enhanced cooperation with other countries, are subject to the Swedish reasoning.”
“– Previously the Uk was the country with which we have the closest contacts with, in the sense that the Uk is the country that has been voted the most similar to Sweden in the EU. Now, we must seek allies in several other countries and the Netherlands belong to the top there, ” says Hans Dahlgren to the TT after the meeting in the Hague.”
“TT: Why is the Netherlands a priority?”
” We are very much like-minded on many important issues. Take, for example, the EU budget where we both are anxious to keep down expenditure. When the Uk leaves the EU, we need to correct the mouth after lunch and get a fair distribution of the fees to be paid to the union.”
“Hans Dahlgren underlines that there is a significant Swedish-Dutch consensus in many areas, for example, more effort on”
“– It is also about developing the internal market, which both the Netherlands and Sweden, as a major exporting countries are very dependent, ” he says.”
“An obvious question where there is a convergence of views between the countries is the euro area, as the Netherlands was one of the initiators in the late 90’s.”
“How a country leaving the EUROPEAN union enshrined in the treaty of Lisbon, article 50. There is, among other things, that the EU shall ”
“The withdrawal shall then take place either when the agreement enters into force or at the earliest two years after the country registered its utträdesvilja to the EU – which in Britain’s case will occur on march 29 of this year. If the EU heads of state and heads of government gives the go-ahead, however, can förhandlingstiden be extended.”
