Ex-Swedish Prime Minister calls Switzerland NATO ‘free rider’

Former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt has described Switzerland as a “free rider” on NATO. Switzerland and Austria are surrounded by NATO member states and would be considerably more vulnerable without the alliance, Bildt said in an interview with the Tamedia group. There is hardly any room left in today’s Europe for neutral and non-aligned states, particularly in the hear of Europe, said Bildt. “The reasons that once led Switzerland to neutrality have disappeared.” + Switzerland and NATO:…