Security policy. Municipal government in Karlshamn, says yes – with a clear majority – to store the pipes for the Nord Stream gas pipeline 2.
– Deplorable that the government have been so senfärdig, says the Conservatives försvarspolitiske spokesperson Hans Wallmark.
the Party wants to accelerate a change in the law.
Board chairman Per-Ola Mattsson (S) have been working to reach an agreement with the government to allow the deal – and yesterday said foreign minister Margot Wallström said that the government does not have any objections. In the afternoon voted in favour of ten members, yes to the deal, and thus got the Socialists, the Liberals and the Centre party with the green Party.
– Very unfortunate and worrying for Karlshamn, but in particular for Sweden and the EU, ” says oppositionsrådet Magnus Gärdebring (M) TT.
) voted no as well as one of Only two members. The other abstained.
at the same time, highlights, defense minister Peter Hultqvist that the government’s security and defence policy analysis remains, namely that the project affects the Swedish armed forces. But he now refers to the programme will be launched with the armed Forces, Customs, coast guard, Police and the security service, in cooperation with the Karlshamn municipality.
– It is a program that provides transparency in the project, but the details I cannot go into for reasons of confidentiality. It can cover many types of measures, ” says Hultqvist.
Weak legislation
TT: it Has legally not been possible for the government to step in and take over this issue?
– We have a law in the country, which is that it is the local self-government that controls these things. Then we have looked at how quickly you possibly can introduce a different type of legislation and it requires a process which in this case has not been practically possible. Now we are going to look at the legislation that I think is too weak, says Peter Hultqvist.
TT: So neither skyddslagen or expropriationslagen would apply in the day?
– No, we have looked at and the assessment is that there is plenty at the moment. Expropriation is something that takes a long time in addition, ” says Hultqvist.
Research försvarspolitiske spokesperson Hans Wallmark is critical to the announcement from Karlshamn, sweden.
Government senfärdig
– Swedish security policy has in this case been settled by the kommunstyrelsemajoriteten in Karlshamn and not by the Swedish government. It is deplorable and regrettable that Peter Hultqvist and Margot Wallström not been able to persuade their party colleagues on this, ” he says to TT.
the Government should have acted much earlier in order to able to control this issue, consider Wallmark.
– the Whole of the Nord Stream case is characterized by a slowness and tardiness. The government pulls all the time legs. This has been known matter in over a year. You could have tried intervention much earlier, ” he says.
Speed up the amendment of the law
Conservatives want the parliamentary committee takes an initiative for a change in the law that would make it possible for the government to take over when situations such as Nord Stream occurs.
– This means that you urgency to look at the legislation and as soon as possible come up with a proposal that could change the law and see if you can do something in the here and now with the current legislation, ” says the party’s försvarspolitiske spokesperson Hans Wallmark (M).
the FACTS
Nord Stream 2
Nord Stream’s majority owner is Russian Gazprom which in turn is owned by the Russian state.
the Nord Stream gas Pipeline, which actually consists of two wires, goes through the Baltic sea from Vyborg in Russia to Lubmin in Germany and commissioned in 2011 and 2012.
the Pipes can transport 55 billion cubic metres of gas a year.
Nord Stream 2, two additional wires, is supposed to be added in parallel with the previous wiring, and to increase the capacity to 110 billion cubic meters of gas.
the supreme COMMANDER has spoken out critically about to let the Nord Stream rent the ports of Karlshamn and Slite for the project.
Gotland municipality has said no to the storing of the tubes in Slite.
Karlshamn part, it is about to lease space for the warehousing of Russian tubes, and loading and unloading in the port.
According to Karlshamn port authority project could provide revenues of around sek 100 million.
Source: TT:s news archive
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