Sweden and Finland were approved to join NATO by the US Senate
With 95 senators voting in favor of the measure USA The Senate decisively approved NATO membership of Sweden and Finland. Republican Senator Josh Hawley in Missouri cast the lone dissenting voice, arguing that the threat from China should receive far more attention than European security. Finland’s and Sweden’s membership in NATO has strong support from the President of the United States Joe Biden, which in July referred the matter to the Senate for consideration.
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About the membership of Finland and Sweden:
- The decision in Washington came after a vote earlier in the National Assembly by Francewhere 209 deputies supported the inclusion of Sweden and Finland and 46 opposed it.
- Approval of the accession was already approved by the Senate, the second chamber of the French parliament.
- In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Sweden and Finland submitted applications to join the Western Defense Alliance. The two nations have so far been close allies but not NATO members.
- All 30 NATO countries, two-thirds of which have already accepted the new members, must ratify the accession procedures before they can enter into force.
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