Relationship dossier
Belgium
Sweden
Relationship assessment
EU and NATO partners with a bilateral tax framework
Belgium toward Sweden
+15Belgium ratified Sweden’s NATO accession protocol, supporting Sweden’s entry into the alliance. Belgium also participates in the bilateral tax convention governing cross-border taxation with Sweden.
Sweden toward Belgium
+15Sweden participates in the bilateral tax convention governing cross-border taxation with Belgium. The breadth of other Swedish government initiatives specifically involving Belgium is unclear.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship rests on shared EU and NATO frameworks, a bilateral tax convention, and Belgium’s support for Sweden’s NATO accession. These provide sustained channels for cooperation, while the extent of other bilateral initiatives is unclear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Belgium and Sweden cooperate within the European Union and NATO, and a bilateral tax convention provides a durable framework for cross-border taxation. Belgium also supported Sweden’s accession to NATO by ratifying its accession protocol. These ties indicate practical cooperation, though the scope of additional bilateral initiatives is unclear.
Key developments
Belgium ratified Sweden’s NATO accession protocol, supporting Sweden’s accession to the alliance.
Belgium and Sweden concluded a bilateral convention governing cross-border taxation.
Major uncertainties
- The extent of practical cooperation under the bilateral tax convention is unclear.
- The scope of other bilateral government cooperation is unclear.