Sweden wants to join NATO. Sweden wants to join NATO. Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said in Stockholm on Monday that the country would apply to be included in the defense alliance. Previously, almost all parties in the House of Representatives had expressed their support for an application for membership. There was also discussion in Finland about the NATO membership application. Russian President Vladimir Putin then announced a “reaction” from Moscow.
“There is much in Sweden worth defending, and Sweden is best defended in NATO,” Social Democratic Prime Minister Andersson said in parliament on Monday. “Finally we too can join NATO,” said the head of the largest opposition party, Moderaterna, Ulf Kristersson. The bourgeois party has long advocated Sweden’s application for NATO membership.
Accession was also discussed in Finland on Monday. “Our security environment has fundamentally changed,” Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin told parliamentarians in Helsinki. “The only country threatening European security and now openly waging a war of aggression is Russia.” According to Finnish parliament speaker Matti Vanhanen, 150 speakers were scheduled, so a vote is not expected on Monday. Finland’s application for membership had already been officially decided on Sunday. Parliament’s approval is considered a formality.
Source: Krone
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