Editing Euroscepticism (section)

===Sweden===
The [[Left Party of Sweden]] is against accession to the eurozone and previously wanted Sweden to leave the European Union until 2019.{{sfnp|Szczerbiak|Taggart|2008|p=183}}<ref>{{Cite news|last=TT|date=17 February 2019|title=V ska inte driva EU-utträde i valet|language=sv|trans-title=V will not push for EU exit in election|work=SVT Nyheter|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/v-ska-inte-driva-eu-uttrade-i-valet|access-date=21 November 2020}}</ref> The new party program, adapted in 2024, is highly EU-critical but states that an EU-withdrawal is only a "last option".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dn.se/sverige/vansterpartiet-slapper-kravet-pa-att-lamna-eu/ |title=Vänsterpartiet släpper kravet på att lämna EU |date=11 May 2024 }}</ref> Their youth organization [[Young Left (Sweden)|Young Left]] is still campaigning for Sweden to leave the EU.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ungvanster.se/internationell-solidaritet-inte-overstatlighet/ |title=Internationell solidaritet - inte överstatlighet |date=7 May 2024 }}</ref>

The nationalist and [[right-wing populist]] party [[Sweden Democrats]] (SD) support closer political, economic and military cooperation with neighboring Nordic and certain Northern European countries, but strongly oppose further EU integration and further transfers of Swedish sovereignty to the EU as a whole. The party is also against Swedish accession to the eurozone, the creation of a combined EU military budget and want to renegotiate Swedish membership of the [[Schengen Agreement]]. The SD also want a constitutional amendment to require that all EU treaties must be voted on by the Swedish public first and that if the EU cannot be reformed and assumes more power at the expense of national sovereignty Sweden must exit the bloc.<ref>[https://sd.se/our-politics/eu/ Vår politik A till Ö | Sverigedemokraterna] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009053009/https://sd.se/our-politics/eu/ |date=9 October 2018 }}. Sverigedemokraterna.se (9 October 2018).</ref>

The [[June List]], a Eurosceptic list consisting of members from both the political right and left won three seats in the 2004 Elections to the European Parliament and sat in the EU-critical [[Independence/Democracy|IND/DEM group]] in the European Parliament. The movement {{interlanguage link|Folkrörelsen Nej till EU|sv}} favours a withdrawal from the EU.

Around 75% of the [[Riksdag]] members represent parties that officially supports the Sweden membership.

In the [[2014 European Parliament election in Sweden|European Parliament election, 2014]], the [[Sweden Democrats]] gained 2 seats with 9.7% of the vote, up 6.4%, and the [[Left Party (Sweden)|Left Party]] took one seat with 6.3% of the vote.

In the [[2019 European Parliament election in Sweden|European Parliament election, 2019]], the [[Sweden Democrats]] increased from 2 to 3 seats with 15.3% of the vote, up from 9.7%, and the [[Left Party (Sweden)|Left Party]] retained its one seat with 6.8% of the vote.

In winter 2019–2020, in connection with the request from "poor" member countries of much higher membership fees for "rich" member countries, for the reason of keeping support levels so "poor" countries would not suffer from [[Brexit]], where a "rich" country left the union in part due to high membership fees, a media and social media debate for a "Swexit" increased.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/debatt/kasta-in-eu-handduken-och-bilda-ny-frihandelsunion/|title=Debatt: Kasta in EU-handduken och bilda ny frihandelsunion|website=www.expressen.se|date=21 July 2020 }}</ref> This was still rejected by parties representing a majority of the parliament, with the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] quickly taking over the debate.