Sweden's Ministers – Swedish Presidency of the European Union

Question to the Ministers of Sweden

What are your hopes and aspirations within your field?

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Prime Minister

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Fredrik Reinfeldt

”I hope that we can represent the EU successfully at the UN international climate change negotiations in Copenhagen in December.”

Ministry:: Prime Minister’s Office
Party:: Moderate Party

Minister for Foreign Affairs

Carl Bildt

”I hope that the Lisbon Treaty will be ratified.”

Ministry:: Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Party:: Moderate Party

Minister for Trade

Ewa Björling

“Fewer obstacles on the internal market, more free trade with the rest of the world and better conditions for a competitive, innovative and climate-friendly EU.”

Ministry:: Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Party:: Moderate Party

Minister for Culture

Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth

”I want to help ensure Sweden raises the issue of the importance of culture for the future of Europe, and especially children’s and young people’s right to culture.”

Ministry:: Ministry of Culture
Party:: Moderate Party

Minister for Integration and Gender Equality

Nyamko Sabuni

“I hope that by moving our positions forward, not least in the areas of consumer protection and anti-discrimination legislation, the rights of citizens and consumers within the EU will be strengthened. “

Ministry:: Ministry of Integration and Gender Equality
Party:: Liberal Party

Minister for Higher Education and Research

Tobias Krantz

“To further improve higher education and research in Europe. Today’s research is tomorrow’s welfare.”

Ministry:: Ministry of Education and Research
Party:: Liberal Party

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Minister for Finance

Anders Borg

“That Europe will find ways to tackle the global crisis together.”

Ministry:: Ministry of Finance
Party:: Moderate Party

Minister for EU Affairs

Cecilia Malmström

“That Sweden can contribute to achieving a successful outcome in Copenhagen in December, and that we are seen by the outside world as effective, transparent and accessible.”

Ministry:: Prime Minister’s Office
Party:: Liberal Party

Minister for International Development Cooperation

Gunilla Carlsson

”My hope is that the EU will become the international driving force for the development of democracy, human rights, climate initiatives and coherent development assistance.”

Ministry:: Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Party:: Moderate Party

Minister for Elderly Care and Public Health

Maria Larsson

“To improve drug prevention measures in order to help tackle this European public health challenge.”

Ministry:: Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
Party:: Christian Democrats

Minister for Defence

Sten Tolgfors

“I hope that we will be able to strengthen the EU as a global actor through being more useable, having greater capacity and having better crisis management, including in our common efforts to promote peace and security.”

Ministry:: Ministry of Defence
Party:: Moderate Party

Minister for Communications

Åsa Torstensson

“Tomorrow’s infrastructure must link people and regions in an efficient, energy-effective, environment-friendly and secure manner. We must have a reliable infrastructure that encourages enterprise and jobs throughout Europe.”

Ministry:: Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications
Party:: Centre Party

Minister for the Environment

Andreas Carlgren

“The one most important task for me is to try to ensure that the EU, together with the other parties involved, reaches an international climate change agreement at the UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen.”

Ministry:: Ministry of the Environment
Party:: Centre Party

Minister for Social Security

Cristina Husmark Pehrsson

“That the Member States will introduce an active social insurance policy in combination with an active labour market policy in order to give all Europeans the opportunity to participate in working life.”

Ministry:: Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
Party:: Moderate Party

Minister for Health and Social Affairs

Göran Hägglund

“I hope that my ministerial colleagues together will be able to make decisions that foster clarity and security for the patients of Europe in issues relating to cross-border healthcare.”

Ministry:: Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
Party:: Christian Democrats

Minister for Local Government and Financial Markets

Mats Odell

”That we work together to make our way out of the economic crisis so that we can safeguard jobs and welfare in Europe.”

Ministry:: Ministry of Finance
Party:: Christian Democrats

Minister for Employment

Sven Otto Littorin

“I hope to be able to contribute to reducing exclusion on the European labour markets. It is not acceptable that one in three working-age Europeans is unemployed or outside the regular labour market.”

Ministry:: Ministry of Employment
Party:: Moderate Party

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Minister for Justice

Beatrice Ask

“That we succeed in showing that EU legal cooperation brings real benefits for citizens.”

Ministry:: Ministry of Justice
Party:: Moderate Party

Minister for Agriculture

Eskil Erlandsson

“That we can create rules that make sustainable fishing, healthy and disease-free animals and sustainable agriculture possible.”

Ministry:: Ministry of Agriculture
Party:: Centre Party

Minister for Education

Jan Björklund

“That we are able to exchange experience with my colleagues, because we share a lot of the same challenges.”

Ministry:: Ministry of Education and Research
Party:: Liberal Party

Minister for Enterprise and Energy, Deputy Prime Minister

Maud Olofsson

“I hope that, during the Swedish Presidency, Europe will take steps towards becoming an eco-efficient economy – an economy that is both environmentally and socially sustainable and that at the same time leads to new jobs, new businesses and new renewable energy solutions.”

Ministry:: Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications
Party:: Centre Party

Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy

Tobias Billström

“To adopt an ambitious Stockholm Programme, to continue the work on the European Asylum System and to take steps towards increased labour immigration to, and mobility within, the EU.”

Ministry:: Ministry of Justice
Party:: Moderate Party