Sweden and Finland warn that the decision on NATO has not yet been made
The prime ministers of Sweden and Finland, the social democrats Magdalena Andersson and Sanna Marin, affirmed today in Berlin that the processes launched in their countries to decide on a possible request to join NATO are still continuing. “We have not yet decided whether we will submit the application or continue on our current path,” Marin said at a press appearance in Meseberg (eastern Germany), where she and Andersson attended a cabinet meeting of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz as guests. . “Whatever the decision is, it will be based on commitment to the Finns and contribution to common security,” Marin said, after stating that the Russian invasion of Ukraine has “completely” altered the security order, something in which “there is no way back”. Scholz, for his part, guaranteed to both countries, partners of the European Union (EU) and associated with NATO, but not full members of the Alliance, his full support, in case of requesting such admission.