LE FIGARO. - Did relations between Paris and Stockholm become tighter during your visit to France?
Veronika WAND-DANIELSSON. - I arrived to relaunch economic relations. The royal family's trip to France in late 2014 was to mark the start of a new era. Unfortunately, the attacks of 2015 slowed this momentum. Security issues have taken over, here and everywhere in Europe. Swedes were injured at Bataclan, one of whom died. I would remind you that my country is one of the biggest financial contributors to the “Barkhane” and today “Ta-kuba” operations, carried out in the Sahel, on the initiative of France against jihadism. I appreciated that the arrival of Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée in 2017 brought Sweden to light because your president often shows the Swedish socio-economic model as an example to follow.
Sweden has not initiated general containment against Covid-19. A controversy ensued in your country…
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