Hungary’s new president, Tamás Sulyok, signed the law on Sweden’s NATO membership on Tuesday. This gives the Northern European country the green light to join the Western military alliance (see video above).
The Hungarian government had been hesitant for a long time and, among other things, argued with the Swedish approach to the PKK, which is classified as a terrorist organization in Turkey. Later there was also ‘abusive behavior’ by Swedish politicians and the media towards the Hungarian leaders.
On February 26, the government in Hungary finally agreed to allow the country to join NATO. Sweden and Finland had already applied for membership of the defense alliance in May 2022. There was also a struggle for the government’s ratification in Turkey.
First official act
The signature of conservative lawyer Tamás Sulyok was his first official act. He was elected last week with a two-thirds parliamentary majority from the right-wing national ruling party Fidesz. He succeeds Katalin Novák, who resigned as president after pardoning a man convicted of complicity in the sexual abuse of minors.
The signature must now be published in the Hungarian Government Gazette and then taken from Budapest to the US State Department in Washington. Finland could join the military alliance as early as April 2023.
Source: Krone
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