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Swedish parliament to hold NATO debate as decision to join looms

FILE PHOTO: Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson looks on next to a microphone on the first day of a special German cabinet meeting hosted by Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the government's guest house Schloss Meseberg in Meseberg, Gransee, Germany May 3, 2022. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi

Sweden's ruling Social Democrats have called a parliamentary debate over NATO for Monday as the country readies for what is expected to be a decision to join the alliance in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, abandoning decades of military non-alignment.

Sweden and neighboring Finland are both expected to opt to apply for NATO membership in the coming days after the invasion triggered a radical rethink of policy.

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