Daily Archives: 28 January, 2020

This Friday is an important historical landmark. The UK joined the European Union in 1973 and is leaving the Union on Friday. At that time in the 1970s, to the best of my knowledge, it was also the European Economic Community. The main role of the EU is to preserve peace, and that has mostly been shown by free trade between countries, free movement and of people to live and work in whatever country the choose to live in. Today, 75 years after the end of WWII, the world is different. Internet has developed, and has increased communication between people, and is also playing other important roles such as free trade. People from all over the world, not only from Europe, live in the UK, so the setting is different at this moment. There will be a transition period for the UK to leave the EU and they will during this time continue to follow the law of the EU and also trading relationships. Theresa May´s government has done a lot of negotiations, but on Friday Boris Johnson will take this historical step. Please see: Brexit: All you need to know about the UK leaving the EU – BBC News

The challenge today is to preserve stability (peace and security) in the world. Recently, military actions have been shown in the Middle east region. Civilians have suffered. And as I wrote, these tensions spreads rapidly as waves all over the world. A new political role has to be developed. “Foreign Domestic Policy”. Perhaps, there are already these kind of roles (ostrich policies), but they are not shown to the public. Politicians must realise that the world has changed and that a clear role for “Foreign Domestic Policy” must be introduced. This person needs to demonstrate skills on it’s own countrys history, as well as other countries historical development. An understanding of economy must be included. This means that this person has to show that he or she has been to school and done homework. I would very much have comments on this.

The UK will still be a member of NATO. Sweden is not a member, and after the latests weeks of bombings in Sweden, I strongly suggest that this should be an important matter for the politicians to discuss and take actions for. For national security reasons. The role of NATO is to maintain peace and take actions whenever there is instability. In particular when foreign countries have nuclear weapons. I do not understand why people are afraid of NATO, because the NATO is like the UN today. They maintain peace and support countries in need of help. The difference is the uniforms.