- The day before yesterday, The Times said that Sweden and Finland were planning to join NATO and today the Finnish Prime Minister has announced that they will take the decision in the coming weeks.
The Finnish Prime Minister, Sanna Marin, has announced that in the coming weeks she will take a decision on her entry into NATO. According to the latest surveys, 62% of Finns are in favour of joining the military alliance.
"There are different views to make a request for NATO entry and we need to look at them carefully," said the British Prime Minister. "I think, though, our process is going to be pretty fast and it's going to happen in a few weeks," he added.
According to the British newspaper The Times, Sweden is also thinking of joining NATO, but, as the newspaper added, Sweden will find it more difficult, as the entry into NATO is not so good among the population, 46% agree to join the military alliance.
If these two countries enter NATO, there will be 32 countries in the military alliance, and the tension will increase with Russia, which has a very long border with Finland.