Momentum Builds for Sweden to Join NATO

“Momentum is building in Sweden for the country to apply for NATO membership after its biggest selling newspaper endorsed the move and an opinion poll showed a record number of Swedes supported the idea,” the Financial Times reports.

“The debate over membership of the western military alliance in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been slower to ignite in Sweden than in neighboring Finland, where an application is expected in the coming weeks.”

“The main obstacle to Swedish membership has been the ruling Social Democrat party, which has long been ideologically opposed to Nato and wedded to Sweden’s 200 years of neutrality.”