Sweden will join Finland in seeking Nato membership following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, it has been announced. It ends more than 200 years of military non-alignment in the Nordic country.
"We will inform Nato that we want to become a member of the alliance," Sweden's Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said. The announcement came after a Swedish parliamentary debate today (May 16) showed there was huge support for joining Nato.
Out of Sweden's eight parties, just two smaller left-leaning parties opposed it. Yesterday (May 15), the Swedish Social Democrats broke with the party's long-standing position that Sweden must remain non-aligned, paving the way for a clear majority for Nato membership in the parliament.
