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OSW Commentary - Sweden and Finland on the threshold of NATO membership - Finland: shaping a broad consensus

3 Jun 2022

After the publication of the parliamentary report and the change in the official attitude of the ruling Social Democrats, the following stages of the process proceeded at a dizzying pace. [...] The leader of the Moderates, the largest opposition party, accompanied her at the press conference and confirmed that the decision would not change if his party formed the government after the parliamentary elections scheduled for September. [...] NATO accession process and membership prospects Following the notification of Finland’s and Sweden’s aspirations to join NATO and a unanimous invi- tation from the 30 member states to enter accession negotiations, the talks will begin on the political, legal, resources (including the contribution to the common NATO budgets and military structures), information security and defence and military iss. [...] The ratification of both accession protocols in all member states, acceptance of the accession agreements in Sweden and Finland, and the depositing of the ratification documents with the State Department (the US is the depository of the Washington Treaty) will be necessary to complete the whole process. [...] bership in principle, but rather interested in seeing its demands being met; these include restrictions on the activities of Kurdish organisations in Sweden and Finland, both countries ending the embargo on arms deliveries, and the lifting of the blockade on the sale of F-16 aircraft by the US to Turkey.

Authors

Justyna Gotkowska; Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW)

Pages
6
Published in
Poland