Finland To Make “Fast” Decision On Joining NATO

The Washington Post reports:

Finland will launch an immediate debate on joining NATO, Finnish officials said on Wednesday, as the country reconsiders its longtime stance outside the Western military alliance following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Prime Minister Sanna Marin said that a decision would be made in coming weeks. “There are different perspectives to apply (for) NATO membership or not to apply and we have to analyze these very carefully,” she said at a news conference in Stockholm. “But I think our process will be quite fast.”

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Finland starts down the path to entering NATO, while media in neighboring Sweden report its ruling party is now backing the idea after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine https://t.co/ps9lZsfYN8

— Bloomberg Politics (@bpolitics) April 13, 2022

??#Sweden and ??#Finland‘s prime ministers have just held a joint press conference outlining plans to join #NATO.

?? expected to move first. PM Marin says she won’t give a timetable but “it will happen quite fast—within weeks, not within months, we will have the discussion” pic.twitter.com/huEKnkDVUD

— Dave Keating (@DaveKeating) April 13, 2022

I think this analysis is probably right.

Even with what Putin’s doing in Ukraine now, it feels like there’s at least a 50-50 shot that Republicans in the U.S. Senate will side with Putin against NATO when this vote arises. Because Trump/Putin.https://t.co/IQoS5K0bhH

— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) April 13, 2022