{"id":684813,"date":"2026-01-09T16:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T16:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/684813\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T16:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T16:12:11","slug":"commissioner-kubilius-to-discuss-europes-security-challenges-with-nordic-leaders-in-sweden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/684813\/","title":{"rendered":"Commissioner Kubilius to discuss Europe&#8217;s security challenges with Nordic leaders in Sweden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            Commissioner for Defence and Space Andrius\u00a0Kubilius\u00a0will participate in Sweden\u2019s leading forum on security and defence policy, the\u00a0Folk och F\u00f6rsvar Annual National Conference 2026, on Sunday and Monday, 11 and 12 January.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Commissioner\u00a0Kubilius\u00a0will deliver a keynote speech on \u2018Europe\u2019s Resolve in an Age of Uncertainty\u2019 in the panel of the Conference Europe under Pressure, setting out his latest views on European defence readiness. He will underline that while Europe is increasing defence production and spending, material capabilities alone are not enough. According to the Commissioner, Europe\u2019s ability to deter and defend depends on stronger institutional defence readiness, a coherent European defence architecture, and progress towards a true \u2018European Defence Union\u2019.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the visit, Commissioner\u00a0Kubilius\u00a0will also hold meetings with Swedish leaders, including Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, Minister for Defence P\u00e5l Jonson, and Minister for Civil Defence Carl-Oskar Bohlin, as well as Sweden\u2019s Chief of Defence, General Michael Claesson.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Folk och F\u00f6rsvar Annual National Conference brings together senior political leaders, military officials and experts to discuss Sweden\u2019s and Europe\u2019s security challenges in a changing geopolitical environment.<\/p>\n<p>Source <b>European Commission<\/b> &#8211; Jan 9, 26<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Commissioner for Defence and Space Andrius\u00a0Kubilius\u00a0will participate in Sweden\u2019s leading forum on security and defence policy, the\u00a0Folk och&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":684814,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[2000,299,5187],"class_list":{"0":"post-684813","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-european"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115866025540909975","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=684813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/684814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=684813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=684813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=684813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}