Sweden Speeds Up NATO Analysis to Keep Pace With Finland
- Report on security choices brought forward to May 13
- Majority of Swedes now back joining NATO, polls show
Swedish support for joining NATO has surged after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Photographer: Gints Ivuskans/AFP/Getty Images
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Swedish lawmakers deliberating a potential application for NATO membership will speed up the process, initially planned to conclude by the end of next month.
The talks on Sweden’s security policy will now be finalized more than two weeks earlier, on May 13, Foreign Minister Ann Linde said after all-party meetings on Thursday.