Both Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard (M) and Labour Market Minister Mats Persson (L) have, according to revelations from Sveriges Radio Ekot, carried out questionable stock transactions linked to political decisions they had proximity to. Ulrik Åshuvud, Secretary-General of Transparency International Sweden, tells Ekot that Sweden should introduce a system based on the one Norway has. There, ministers must either sell their shares, not touch them while serving as minister, or let a trustee manage the transactions separately. Similar proposals have come from law professors whom Ekot has spoken to.

Ministers from the UK, Norway, and Switzerland have also been invited to the informal conference of EU finance ministers in Poland on Friday and Saturday, where the proposals will be reviewed. Poland requested the plan, which was presented by the think tank Bruegel. According to the size of their economies and defense spending, participant nations are expected to make financial contributions. Poland's Finance Minister Andrzej Domanski adds in his invitation, "I look forward to welcoming you to Warsaw and engaging in these important discussions."