The country must now await the ratification of Hungary and Turkey for its entry into the military alliance to be effective. Which countries make up the block?
He Parliament of Finland (Eduskunta) approved this Wednesday by a large majority (184 votes for and seven against) entry of the Nordic country into NATOAnd alliance for political and military purposes which was created as a result of the Washington Treaty or the North Atlantic Treaty a few years after the end of World War II.
it's a decision historical and ends in decades military neutrality. With this alliance, Finland seeks to strengthen its security against Russian aggression in the context of the war with Ukraine.
To formalize the entry into the military alliance, which was also requested by Sweden, the positive vote of the parliaments of Hungary and Turkey is still missingtwo of the thirty allied countries of the bloc.
Discussion for Finland's entry into NATO
This Tuesday, Eduskunta was forced to postpone until Wednesday the decisive vote on the entry of the Nordic country into NATO, after two representatives from the Government itself submitted a proposal to reject the draft law on accession.
Two MPs, members of the Left Alliance (one of the five parties in the government coalition), requested to include in the law a provision prohibiting the parking of nuclear weapons and the establishment of permanent NATO bases in Finland.
This initiative contradicts the official position of the Government headed by Prime Minister Sanna Marin, who has repeatedly stated that she is not in favor of including preconditions in the accession protocol in order not to limit the room for maneuver in the future.
finnish president Sauli, of coursethe head of the Nordic country's foreign and security policy, together with the Government, is also against setting legal restrictions.
"Let's be clear: even if we do not impose any prior restrictions on our NATO membership, Finland has no intention of introducing nuclear weapons into its territory," Niinistö said last November.
The purpose of the executive branch is to legally close the issue before the election on April 2 to buy time and finish entering the Alliance as soon as possible, so that all that remained was to get the green light from Turkey and Hungary.
Who are the members of NATO?
Right now NATO consists of 30 countries.however, the first 10 were sign in the US capital more than 70 years ago. These are:
- NOW.
- Canada.
- France.
- Belgium.
- Italy.
- Denmark.
- Luxembourg.
- Iceland.
- Norway.
- Netherlands.
- Portugal.
- United Kingdom.
Then they added:
- Turkey.
- Greece.
- Germany.
- Spain.
- Hungary.
- Poland.
- Czech Republic.
- Bulgaria.
- Slovakia.
- Slovenia.
- Estonia.
- Latvia.
- Lithuania.
- Romania.
- Croatia.
- Albania.
- of Montenegro.
- North Macedonia.
Source: Cronista
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