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Swedish bid to join NATO gathers momentum, with governing party backing membership

Magdalena Andersson says Sweden must decide if its military non-alignment is still serving it well. (AP: Fredrik Persson)

Sweden's Prime Minister says the governing Social Democratic party will back a bid to join NATO, hours after Finland formally announced its plans to join the trans-Atlantic military alliance.

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