The Hungarian parliament plans to ratify Finland’s NATO membership on Monday. Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s ruling right-wing conservative Fidesz party wants to make a decision about Sweden’s admission to the military alliance at a later date. According to Orban’s government, it supports the NATO accession of both countries, but the parliamentary majority for Sweden’s admission is too uncertain.
In the wake of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, Sweden and neighboring Finland jointly applied to join NATO. All 30 NATO member states must give the go-ahead for admission, with Hungary and Turkey still awaiting approval. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is calling for Stockholm to take tougher action against Kurdish activists, who Ankara considers “terrorists”.