{"id":1437204,"date":"2022-04-14T08:46:29","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T12:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1437204"},"modified":"2022-04-14T08:46:36","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T12:46:36","slug":"finland-and-sweden-may-apply-to-join-nato-as-early-as-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/finland-and-sweden-may-apply-to-join-nato-as-early-as-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Finland and Sweden May Apply To Join NATO As Early As Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffinland-and-sweden-may-apply-to-join-nato-as-early-as-summer%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1437204&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1239952085-e1649878062418-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Both Finland and Sweden may be set to apply to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) military alliance as early as June, largely in reaction to the Russian invasion of Ukraine earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Finland\u2019s Prime Minister Sanna Marin is expected to make a decision on whether or not to apply for membership in NATO within the coming weeks, and Finnish MPs have been presented with a new 49-page report this week examining the possible impact of Finland joining the alliance.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Finnish President Sauli Niinist\u00f6 stated that a decision would be made before a NATO summit set to be held in June but did not comment on specifics regarding the possible application, while\u00a0<span class=\"sc-ekGZSs kCcdwy\">Minister of Foreign Affairs <\/span><span class=\"sc-ekGZSs wKUvC\">Pekka Haavisto stated that the Russian invasion has had long-lasting effects on Finland\u2019s security situation, Yle <a href=\"https:\/\/yle.fi\/uutiset\/3-12403078\">reports<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sc-ekGZSs wKUvC\">\u201cThe security situation in Europe and Finland is more serious and difficult to predict than at any time since the Cold War. The change is estimated to be long-lasting,\u201d Haavisto said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Interesting perspective: Role of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Sweden?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Sweden<\/a> &#038; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Finland?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Finland<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NATO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NATO<\/a>\u2019s Defense of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Baltic?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Baltic<\/a> States <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/btaP9imQcs\">https:\/\/t.co\/btaP9imQcs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OkW6XYiTru\">pic.twitter.com\/OkW6XYiTru<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Estonia at NATO  (@estNATO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/estNATO\/status\/725862704485785600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Finland\u2019s parliament discussed the possibility of the country looking to join that NATO alliance after a citizens\u2019 initiative demanded a debate on the issue. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QEBXNJ2V7k\">https:\/\/t.co\/QEBXNJ2V7k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1499083066236669954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"sc-ekGZSs wKUvC\">According to the Foreign Minister, following the new report, the Finnish parliament is expected to hold an in-depth debate on ATO membership and various committees are expected to discuss the report as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sc-ekGZSs wKUvC\">Finnish Minister of Defence Antti Kaikkonen stated that for the country to join NATO, there must be clear support from the country\u2019s parliament, the government, the president, NATO member states and the general public of Finland, who, according to a recent poll are now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/03\/02\/finland-parliament-debates-nato-membership-in-wake-of-ukraine-invasion\/\">in favour<\/a> of membership.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sc-ekGZSs wKUvC\">Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin held a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.svt.se\/nyheter\/inrikes\/sveriges-och-finlands-statsministrar-haller-presstraff\">press conference<\/a> alongside Swedish Prime Minister\u00a0Magdalena Andersson on Wednesday and stated that a decision on NATO would happen in \u201cweeks not months.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sc-ekGZSs wKUvC\">Andersson, who leads the Swedish Social Democrats, is also looking to submit a NATO application by June, according to Swedish media. The Social Democrats have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aftonbladet.se\/nyheter\/a\/EaMlWl\/sverige-i-nato-socialdemokraterna-i-avgorande-mote\">called an extraordinary meeting<\/a> to be held on May 24th to discuss the issue, Swedish broadcaster SVT <a href=\"https:\/\/www.svt.se\/nyheter\/inrikes\/uppgift-s-kallar-till-nato-mote\">reports<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NATO Chief: Sweden Could Be Fast-Tracked to Join Alliance<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WRWFwK3zwP\">https:\/\/t.co\/WRWFwK3zwP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1506677162606141440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"sc-ekGZSs wKUvC\">The move comes after Andersson had previously stated in March that Sweden joining NATO could increase tensions saying, \u201cIf Sweden were to choose to send in an application to join NATO in the current situation, it would further destabilize this area of Europe and increase tensions.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sc-ekGZSs wKUvC\">\u201cI have been clear during this whole time in saying that what is best for Sweden\u2019s security and for the security of this region of Europe is that the government has a long-term, consistent and predictable policy and that is my continued belief,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sc-ekGZSs wKUvC\">While the issue of joining NATO is popular in Finland, less than half of Swedes are supportive of their country renouncing its longstanding neutral stance by joining the alliance, according to a poll released this week by the firm Novus.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sc-ekGZSs wKUvC\">The poll found that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.svt.se\/nyheter\/inrikes\/matning-nara-varannan-svensk-vill-ga-med-i-nato\">45 per cent of Swedes<\/a> would like to join NATO but 33 per cent are totally against the idea and a further 22 per cent said they are undecided on the issue.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Expert Warns Russia May Flood Finland with Illegal Migrants If Country Joins NATO <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fVxcF70kBr\">https:\/\/t.co\/fVxcF70kBr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1513112052784529410?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><em><strong><span class=\"a-size-large\">Follow Chris Tomlinson on Twitter at\u00a0<span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomlinsonCJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@TomlinsonCJ<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>or email at\u00a0ctomlinson(at)breitbart.com.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Both Finland and Sweden may be set to apply to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) military alliance as early as June, largely in reaction to the Russian invasion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1437204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1437204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1437204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1437204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1437204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1437204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1437204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}