Sverige och EU
s militära försvarssamarbete
AbstractThe purpose of this minor thesis is to describe and systematize the Swedish debate about Sweden?s participation in the defence community of the European Union. Should Sweden take part of this or not? My aim is to describe the debate in a structured and legible way, so that the reader can get a comprehensive picture. The questions of the study are:· Which actors join in the Swedish debate about Sweden?s military participation in the EU:s defensive community; the possible common defence of the EU and the EU:s military crisis management?· Which arguments are delivered (for and against) in the debate?To be able to fulfil the aim of this study I have done an argumentation analysis. I have searched the empirical data in literature, periodicals, newspaper articles, articles on the Internet and so on.The results from the analysis show that many different actors have joined the debate since the summer of 2003. I have divided these actors in eight categories: Political parties, Politicians, Newspapers, Writers, Researchers, Military officers, Interest organizations and Foreign actors.The results also show a fairly big number- and variation of arguments. The pro-arguments (arguments for Swedish military participation) are about Sweden?s- and the EU:s needs and duties, Swedish experiences, menaces and terrorism, and the national perspective versus the international perspective. The contra-arguments (arguments against) are about risks and menaces for Sweden, the militarisation of the EU, Sweden?s military costs and resources, the Swedish people, the non-alignment and the UN (United Nations).