All eyes on Hungary: PM Orbán will baulk NATO expansion?
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Sweden and Finland decided to join NATO months after the Russian invasion of Ukraine started. The Nordic neighbours’ applications were supported by 28 member states, excluding Orbán’s Hungary and Erdogan’s Turkey. Before, opposition politicians believed Orbán did not want the Fidesz-led parliament to discuss the issue because the European Union did not give Hungary access to billions of euros in the recovery and resilience fund.
However, it seems that Finland and Sweden are running out of patience. Sanna Marin, the prime minister of Finland, urged Hungary and Turkey today to approve the Swedish and Finnish applications as soon as possible. “All eyes are now on Hungary and Turkey. We are waiting for these countries to ratify our applications. I think it would be important that this would happen preferably sooner than later,” Marin said during a joint news conference with other Nordic leaders, Reuters wrote.
The two Scandinavian countries expressed last week that they would like to join the US-led alliance together and at the same time. That statement served the purpose of showing a united front to Turkey, the alliance’s strongest European member, having several controversial points with Sweden. Istanbul accuses Stockholm of harbouring groups Erdogan’s government deems terrorists.
The delay is because he doesn’t want to upset his puppet master, Putin!
If you can’t get your point across or work through dialogue (which requires a dose of trust, transparency and acknowledging facts and data – don’t believe your own fairytales) – then Politicians can always resort to some good old-fashioned blackmail!
The urgency is because Sweden and Finland don’t want to upset their puppet master, Biden!
Welcome to the western cancel culture. They don’t even allow you to post a comment against their opinion. How DEMOCRATIC is that