Finnish Lawmakers Set Seal on NATO Entry to Revive Stalled Bid
- Turkey and Hungary have yet to ratify NATO enlargement
- Finland and Sweden applied in May to join the alliance
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Finland’s parliament ratified NATO’s treaties as the Nordic nation prepares to join the defense alliance, seeking to put momentum back in the bloc’s enlargement.
Nine months after Finland submitted its application for membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization simultaneously with neighboring Sweden, lawmakers in Helsinki on Wednesday signed off on the paperwork, voting 184 in favor of ratification and seven against.