Öppningsanförande IISS Global Strategic Review 2013
Anförande i Stockholm, Sverige Welcome to Stockholm, to Sweden, to Scandinavia, to the Top of Europe! We are fairly successful economies all over the region. We are fairly stable societies all over the region. And we are some of the most innovative, competitive and future-oriented societies of the globe. Conflicts here are rare. Stockholm is one of the very few European capitals that hasn't seen a foreign army on its streets - well, since we got rid of the Danes half a millen
Is Democracy Under Pressure?
Anförande i Aten, Grekland The simple answer to the question of whether or not our systems of governance are under pressure is of course: Yes, they are. We live in a period of profound changes - economic, demographic, technological. Our world is changing perhaps more profoundly than ever before - if we add all these factors together. Overall, these are changes for the better. The last two decades might have been the best decades for mankind in history as we know it. We saw pe
Anförande till minne av Anna Lindh
Anförande i Stockholm, Sverige Jag tror jag minns nästan varje minut av det där dygnet för ett decennium sedan. Vi stod mitt uppe i en lika engagerad som viktig debatt. Och Anna Lindh tillhörde dem som var engagerade mer än de flesta. Så inträffade det hemska. Allt stannade upp. Men det är inte främst för att minnas vi samlas här i dag. Utan för att blicka framåt. Anna Lindh var engagerad. Hon var färgstark. Hon gjorde skillnad. Hon var en politiker i detta ords finaste bemär
Perspectives on the Eastern Partnership in the context of the Vilnius Summit
Anförande i Stockholm, Sverige It is a great pleasure to be here today. The British parliament is a fabulous arena for debate, for politics in action and for the display of rhetorical skills. Inspired by them, and having listened to Miroslav, I'm tempted to limit my intervention to just "hear hear". Because Sweden and Slovakia have a similar outlook on the Eastern Partnership, and on Europe. We both want a continent without artificial dividing lines. A continent where people,