The annual auction has been launched in Sälen – Swedish newspaper svenska Dagbladet

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"I’m not prepared to take part in any public auction, for money or different types of amount", said defense minister personal details (S) in the Echo lördagsintervju. One can understand the underlying anger; just in time for the People and defence national conference in Sälen have all of the bourgeois parties in each turn, tucking the baton and made various announcements about increased funding to the defense.

But even if Hultqvist want to avoid having to end up being the worst in the bidding, participate his boss healthy in a different kind of commanding; that of an event trumpeted prime minister Stefan Löfven, just today out of a pr effect the wire trick on DN Debate: the Government presents for the first time a european security strategy. It is possible that it never previously semantically have been called so. But all previous governments, the red as the blue, have also had to define national interests, threats, and strategies to meet this.

It is 71 years ago People and the defense started to keep the course and conference in the mountains for the actors of importance for the security and defence policy issues. The receipt on how you have managed and developed this platform, step out of the typical black car with bullet proof glass outside the Sälens högfjällshotell the early afternoon.

For the People and defence annual national conference has become so important that the prime minister will pay a price if he does not attend, as he with his mere presence on the pick points of the other currently. "These issues are very current and therefore feels it is important", was the empty comment from Ingela Nilsson, press officer of Stefan Löfven, on why the prime minister wanted to participate in the People and defense national conference in years.

Annika Nordgren Christensen, among other things, defence and security blogger and former miljöpartistisk politicians well-versed in the issues, did a good description the other day on his blog (3/1): "It is said in the Seal represents a point of reference for this year’s debate and changes in the message or ambitions are measured on the basis of linjetalen. But it is equally important that not is said in Sälen. A part of the preparatory work in tyckarleden goes on to issue hopes about what different people are going to launch on the mountain, so that they can then come back in disappointment or triumph."

now that our politicians are not going to go to Sälen, empty-handed, says more about how remarkably well the People and the defense have nurtured this meeting place than anything else. It should be a well attended, popular, and well-guarded conference to get the government to take stock of the security situation, make the move and create workshop in security and defence policy, says otherwise. The picture, not only of government, but also of what drives the Swedish defence and security policy development, neither is particularly flattering or reassuring.

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