Finland this Thursday, after almost a year of contention, saw how the last obstacle to its integration into the European Union was lifted. NATO. The Turkish Parliament has finally approved the Scandinavian country’s entry into the transatlantic organization, after months of avoiding a vote.
All parliaments All NATO member states must approve the entry of a new State into the organization. Until this week, there were only two people left to do it: Hungary and one Türkiye. The Hungarian Parliament approved Finland’s accession Monday; turkish this thursday finland so it happens 31st NATO country. Sweden, which started its process with its neighboring country, will have to wait.
“Some European countries support terrorist organizations that threaten the security of our State. And we are discussing these days in order to increase our national security. Entry of Finland and Sweden to our establishment. We believe that Finland has taken concrete steps to respect our agreements. “Sweden has not taken all the steps we expected,” he said. Ismail Ozdemirmember of the governing coalition.
The Swedish case is falling apart. According to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Sweden has in recent years “terrorist nest and a danger to Turkish national security”. Erdogan refers, above all, to the fact that the Scandinavian country is home to exiles and European sympathizers. Kurdish PKK guerrillaIt has been at war with Türkiye since the 1980s. European Union like United States of America The US and Turkey now see this group as terrorists, which is very weak and has almost no action capacity on Turkish soil.
conflicts and choices
During the negotiations, Erdogan announced that Turkey had delivered an agreement. List of 124 people to be in Sweden He was exiled to the Anatolian country. These deportations did not take place, as the Swedish justice thought that if they were sent to Turkey, they would not be able to get a fair trial.
Therefore, according to experts, the Turkish Parliament is not expected – the Hungarian parliament did not do it either. Stockholm to look Budapest “over the shoulder” – confirm Sweden’s NATO membership until it ends presidential and parliamentary elections Turks next May 14. According to analysts, Erdogan is trying to present himself as a strong and tough man at the worst moment of his life. popularity During his tenure of more than 20 years: according to the vast majority of polls, Erdogan will lose the election to the main candidate of the Turkish opposition, Kemal Kilicdaroglu.
“We have red line inside counterterrorismand we delivered to sweden List of 124 terrorists We want him to be returned to our country. But they didn’t. Swedish Prime Minister good peopleof course, but it’s important to us concrete steps. And they didn’t,” Erdogan said during a visit to his Finnish colleague in Ankara last week. Sauli Niinisto.