DISINFO: A real horror is going on in Northern Europe as a result of joining the EU, Sweden and Finland economically collapsed
DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS
  • Outlet: NTV - YouTube (archived)*
  • Date of publication: September 14, 2018
  • Outlet language(s): Russian
  • Reported in: Issue 118
  • Countries / regions discussed: Sweden, Finland
Tags:
European Union Economic difficulties

DISINFO: A real horror is going on in Northern Europe as a result of joining the EU, Sweden and Finland economically collapsed

SUMMARY

There has been a complete collapse of industry in Sweden after joining the EU, there was a similar collapse in Finland where GDP fell by 25 per cent after the collapse of the USSR.

RESPONSE

Although there had been a slight decline in Finland's GDP after 1991, this was followed by a much longer period of stable growth and currently, Finland's GDP is approximately 100-150 per cent higher than it used to be in the beginning of the 1990s: see the historical data here. "Collapsed" Sweden has 22nd-23rd highest GDP in the world (depending on whether the ranking is by IMF, World Bank, or the UN).

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