The European Economic Community (EEC) was a regional organisation created by the Treaty of Rome of 1957, [note 1] aiming to foster economic integration among its member states. It was subsequently renamed the European Community ( EC ) upon becoming integrated into the first pillar of the newly formed European Union (EU) in 1993.

1995年1月1日 · Find out more about Sweden’s political system, economy and trade figures, its representation in the different EU institutions, and EU funding it receives.

The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of 27 member states that are party to the EU's founding treaties, and thereby subject to the privileges and obligations of membership. They have agreed by the treaties to share their own sovereignty through the institutions of the European Union in certain aspects of government.

1995年1月1日 · Today the EU consists of 27 member countries. It is not only an economic union but the single market with no borders for trade and the single euro currency used by 20 member states of the Eurozone. Furthermore, it is the political union …

Sweden's per capita income is the second highest in the world. As in the case with Denmark and Norway, Sweden's economic ties with the West provided a strong argument in favour of EEC membership.

2025年3月17日 · Being a member of the EU means that Sweden has a direct influence on and is directly affected by EU decisions. The Government’s main role in the EU context is to represent Sweden in the European Council and in the Council of the European Union.

1995年1月1日 · Sweden is a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy with a head of government - the prime minister - and a head of state - the monarch. The government exercises executive power. Legislative power is vested in the single-chamber parliament. Sweden is a unitary state, divided into 20 counties and 290 municipalities. Location on the EU map

2023年6月14日 · This 2023 Country Report on Sweden was prepared in the context of the European Semester framework of economic and employment policy coordination.

Sweden and the EEC in 1961 - 62 is per-haps the most intensive discussion of Swedish foreign policy that has taken place in post-war Sweden. The participants in the debate had to account for a more specific view on Swedish neutrality as the debate went on. For these reasons it is clear that an analysis of this debate should prove use-ful.

Denmark and Norway's determination to follow the British lead in joining the EEC posed a serious dilemma for Swedish foreign policy makers. If they also sought membership of the Common Market, with its overlapping membership of Nato, the …