Now awaiting the last signature from Hungary…(…).
We’re still waiting for Erdogan to sign too.
Ah yes, though he submitted the bill, he is expected to sign the bill into law in the coming days.
Hungary can still rush it!
They’re actually not in legislative session until mid February.
If this is Erdogan fucking with Orban a bit for some reason… lmao
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The Turkish parliament has given its long-awaited approval to Sweden’s membership of Nato, bringing the Nordic country significantly closer to joining the western military alliance after months in limbo.
Three months after Recep Tayyip Erdoğan submitted a bill on approving membership to parliament, MPs voted in favour of ratifying it late on Tuesday night.
In a letter, he wrote: “I believe that a more intensive dialogue could contribute to reinforcing trust between our countries and institutions thus allowing to further strengthen our political and security arrangements.”
Sweden applied to join Nato in May 2022, at the same time as Finland, in a historic shift in its security policy prompted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February earlier that year.
Finland finally joined last year but Ankara pressed Stockholm to toughen its stance on members of the Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK) based in Sweden, which the US and the EU as well as Turkey deem a terrorist group.
While the decision is formally up to parliament, Orbán’s tight grip on his ruling Fidesz party means that the ratification, de facto, is in the hands of the prime minister.Hungarian officials have in the past presented different narratives domestically about Sweden’s bid, while insisting to western allies that Budapest would not be last to sign off.A senior European diplomat said: “It is crucial this dossier moves forward sooner rather than later and there are indeed signals all remaining allies understood the importance of having Sweden in Nato as soon as possible.
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Now it’s time for Sweden to let Turkey in the EU
Sweden has generally been pretty supportive of Turkish EU accession. Cyprus is a far bigger issue.
The Cyprus problem is just sad.
Quick, someone call out Hungary’s lack of democracy again! Still time to avoid this shitty alliance. Don’t want to be in an alliance with criminal countries like the US and Turkey.
Not like Russia is a threat when they can’t even take Poland. We’ve got enough defense with our EU and Nordic treaties.
Nice try, Russian troll
This is a fairly common opinion in Sweden among people.
Lol I’m Swedish. It’s possible to be against NATO without being a paid actor. Jävla jänkare är helt korkade.
I think he’s American, and has suffered due to their inferior educational system (AU here, nice job negotiating with Turkey’s dictatorship for your own security SE!)
Don’t point fingers.
Can we give Putin a special award for expanding NATO?
Let’s just institute an award show in the Hague