Finland and Sweden move closer to joining NATO

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4 years ago

WP is reporting that "Finland will release an official assessment Wednesday of how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has changed its security environment, beginning a process that is expected to culminate in a request to join NATO."[1]

Prime ministers of both Sweden and Finland are holding a joint press conference starting in a few minutes at the time of this writing, just a few hours before Finland's official assessment.[2]

Swedish media is currently buzzing with unconfirmed statements about plans of joining in June of this year at the NATO meeting in Madrid,[3] as well as a previous prime minister of Sweden stating that if Finland joins, Sweden's "main argument" against joining will fall.[4]

Public opinion around one week after the invasion showed that the "No" demographic in Sweden had shrunk from 40% to 27%.[5]

[1]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/13/nato-finland-sweden/

[2]: https://omni.se/1210-andersson-och-marin-om-natofragan/a/ALwb9r

[3]: https://omni.se/uppgifter-andersson-vill-att-sverige-gar-med-i-nato-i-juni/a/ALwbMq

[4]: https://www.dn.se/sverige/bildt-om-finland-gar-med-i-nato-faller-sveriges-tyngsta-motargument/

[5]: https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/nastan-halften-av-svenskarna-vill-ga-med-i-nato

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