As a recent poll shows that six in 10 Swedish people support joining NATO alongside neighbour Finland, leading Swedish MEP Tomas Tobé tells FRANCE 24 why he backs ending two centuries of military neutrality in Sweden. "It is clear that Sweden needs to build security together with others. It is clear that Putin's aggression will not stop with Ukraine. We will have to take responsible decisions for Sweden. For me it is clear that we need the security that NATO membership will provide. I do not think that we should be neutral against Putin. The time for Sweden to be neutral is long past. It's important now that Sweden together with Finland make the decision to join NATO."
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, with significant loss of civilian life in Ukraine, warnings are being sounded about the knock-on effects of the conflict on people far from Europe. This is due to the massive hit to food production and exports from Ukraine and Russia – two countries that together provide more than 750 million people, in 27 countries, with over half of their total wheat needs.
