Will the Swedes despise the Jews and Israel less under this government or does the Swedish love affair with Arafats minions and Hamas continue unabated?
The answer is unfortunately no to the first question and yes to the second. Mr Bildt is an anti-Israel, globalist, EU-federalist and appeaser of the Carter (whom he admires boundlessly) mold.
But don't take my word for it.
Go to his blog and read for yourself.
Bildt is also connected to a number of think-tanks and organizations sponsored by George Soros.
Probably the main thrust of the Swedish foreign policy will be towards EU enlargement; the Balkan region and the Caucasus. However, Mr Bildt will definitely try to support a larger influence for the EU in the Middle East.
And we really do want more French, sorry EU, influence in the countries surrounding Israel, don't we?
However, initially Mr Bildt may be occupied with Darfur and a possible Scandinavian (Swedish/Norwegian) UN contingent to Sudan.
That will be interesting since Mr Bildt has had some connections to that country via his interest in Lundin Oil. For those who can read Swedish here is a useful link:
http://www.nejtillemu.com/perahlmark.htm
From the article by Per Ahlmark (my translation):
"He [Bildt] has not seen any signs of "enforced removals" despite many reports that the regime is killing and deporting large number of people. Just like the owner of the oil company, Adolf H Lundin, Bildt talks about "tribal wars". That is their nonchalant view of an ongoing genocide as defined by the UN-convention."
"Between 1 and 2 million people have perished in southern Sudan. The violence against black Sudanese as a result of the oil exploration Bildt brush aside in this way: The same thing happens in Sweden "when you are building a road". To equate the terror in Sudan with the democratic and legal process in Sweden when deciding the location of a road is a shameless trivialization of the extermination that is controlled by the regime in Khartoum."