Sweden becomes the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union" id="mwARo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="European Union">European Union</a> member state to officially <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_the_State_of_Palestine" id="mwARs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="International recognition of the State of Palestine">recognize</a> the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Palestine" id="mwARw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="State of Palestine">State of Palestine</a>.