On 1 January Sweden took over the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU. It shoulders this key institutional and legislative responsibility during a time of war and economic turmoil, with its government having been in office for just two and a half months. But, argue SIEPS researchers Jakob Lewander and Louise Bengtsson, there are good reasons for thinking that Sweden will succeed in the roles of honest broker and effective crisis manager. (2022:19epa)

This autumn the European Commission will present a draft of a new EU Global Health Strategy. This is an opportunity for the EU to deepen, broaden and better operationalize its approach in line with Agenda 2030, argues Louise Bengtsson, Senior Researcher at SIEPS. (2022:15epa)