Sweden celebrates 20 years in European Union

Category: European Union

Most Swedes believe their country did the right thing when it joined the EU, according to a new poll commissioned exactly twenty years since a narrow referendum in the Nordic nation.

Swedes voted on membership of the European Union in 1994, following a tightly fought campaign between those in favour of signing up and those who argued that Sweden should stay out of the bloc.

In the end, just over 52 percent supported the idea, while 47 percent voted against EU membership.

According to a new opinion poll carried out by Sifo for Swedish broadcaster SVT, 57 percent of people believe it was the right decision, while 23 percent think Sweden should not have joined the union.

Perhaps most significantly, 20 percent of those questioned said they could not answer whether EU membership was a good or bad idea.

Sweden joined the EU in the year following the referendum, with Finland and Austria also signing up in 1995.

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Sweden celebrates 20 years in European Union

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November 13th, 2014
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