Sweden Joins France, Germany in Weighing Measures Against China Over Hong Kong

Sweden Joins France, Germany in Weighing Measures Against China Over Hong Kong
Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde attends a news conference with her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov (not pictured) in Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 4, 2020. Evgenia Novozhenina /Reuters
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BRUSSELS—Sweden said on Monday it supported Franco-German efforts for a robust response to China’s new security law on Hong Kong, joining Denmark and the Netherlands in pushing the European Union to consider countermeasures on Beijing.

Like much of the West, the European Union has denounced the decision by China’s parliament to pass national security legislation for the former British colony of Hong Kong despite an international outcry.