According to the Hungarian newspaper, the final vote on the countries’ membership will probably be held the following week.
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The Hungarian parliament will discuss Finland’s and Sweden’s NATO membership on March 1, according to the Hungarian media HVG*.* (you switch to another service)
According to the Hungarian newspaper, the final vote on the countries’ membership will probably be held the following week.
The attention was in Turkey, but Hungary also teased
The last few weeks have brought one news after another about how complicated Finland’s and especially Sweden’s NATO path has become in Turkey.
Hungary has received less attention. Apart from Turkey, it is the only one of the 30 NATO countries whose membership is still not ratified.
Back in November, the Finnish foreign policy leadership was reported to have signaled that the matter would now move forward in Hungary at the beginning of February.
The Hungarian opposition wanted to bring the NATO ratifications to the parliament earlier, but the ruling party Fidesz and the prime minister To Viktor Orbán it has not agreed.
Opposition politician Ágnes Vadai assessed in an interview with in February that it was still unclear when the process would start.
Orbán’s relations with both Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Turkish President to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan are known to be close.
Ágnes Vadain said at the beginning of February that Orbán might be willing to do a favor especially for Turkey, which is blocking the ratification of Sweden’s membership. It is also possible that Orbán wants to somehow extort more EU subsidies, now that Sweden is the EU presidency, Vadai thought.
– The Hungarian government is not openly behind any demand. This dancing in the ratification process is harmful to both Hungary’s reputation and security, Vadai said at the time.
The story is updated.