On 20 April, the Swedish defence minister Karin Enström stated in an interview with the EU observer that Sweden is not in the NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) partly because the EU treaty contains its own security guarantee, a statement that has been both criticized and welcomed by scholars and politicians in the EU and hence have raised the question of the EU security and defence policy. Article 42(7) Treaty of European Union (TEU) states that:
If a Member State is the victim of armed aggression on its territory, the other Member States shall have towards it an obligation of aid and assistance by all the means in their power, in accordance with Article 51 of the United Nations Charter. This shall not prejudice the specific character of the security and defence policy of certain Member States.
Commitments and cooperation in this area shall be consistent with…
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Therefore, even though the EU has the CFSP and the CSDP, which includes a mutual defence clause, this might not at the moment be sufficient to enable states that are EU Member States and at the same time non-NATO members, such as Sweden, to have the same protection as the NATO countries solely on the basis of Article 42(7) TEU.
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Zviedriem izcili miermīlīga aizsardzības ministre, kas bēg no NATO kā velns no krusta.