Perché la Svezia sta cambiando tono riguardo all’adozione dell’euro

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[**Trump’s New World Order Is Pushing Sweden to Warm Up to the Euro**](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-16/sweden-is-warming-to-euro-adoption-thanks-to-trump-s-new-world-order)

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After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine triggered an about-face on NATO membership, Sweden is starting to consider another historic shift: adopting the euro.

While the debate is in its early stages, a subtle but notable shift is taking place as conditions change. In 2003, when voters rejected Europe’s common currency in a referendum, the focus was on the krona’s ability to act as a buffer for the largest Nordic economy, but now geopolitical concerns have added a new dimension.

On top of threats from Russia and China, Donald Trump’s America First foreign policy — including threats to acquire Greenland from neighboring Denmark — underscore how smaller economies are exposed in an era of great-power rivalries.

“Sweden is now a full member of NATO and we are reinforcing our defenses alongside our EU partners,” Cecilia Rönn, a Swedish lawmaker from the Liberal party, said in an interview at the parliament in Stockholm. “But we are still standing with one foot outside, in that we are not part of the currency cooperation.”

[You can also read the full story on Bloomberg.](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-16/sweden-is-warming-to-euro-adoption-thanks-to-trump-s-new-world-order)