Sweden and Finland’s NATO accession ‘to be fastest in history’
Euronews says THE ACCESSION of Sweden and Finland to NATO is “the fastest” in the alliance’s history and will take months, rather than years, to complete, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told Euronews.
The two Nordic countries signed their respective accession protocols on Tuesday, setting in motion a ratification process that has to go through the parliaments of all 30 member states.
“I’m very careful predicting or promising anything [about] parliaments. But last time, it took roughly a year and many allies have expressed that they can try to do it faster this time,” Stoltenberg told Euronews.
“So hopefully we will most likely speak about months,” he added. “There is a strong political will to ratify in the different allied countries.”
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