去年，它对北非的年度支援增加了100万克朗（11.1百万欧元 ） ， 突尼斯革命一周后，它提出派一个欧盟代表团以支持那里的民主意愿，也是联合国有关支持利比亚起义决议的早期和强大的支持者。
Last year, it increased annual aid to North Africa by SEK100 million (€11.1 million), proposed an EU mission to Tunisia just a week after the revolution to support democratic aspirations there, and was an early and strong backer of UN resolutions in support of the uprising in Libya.