Finland’s parliament votes sure to NATO
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2022-05-18 11:17:17
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HELSINKI, Could 17 (Reuters) - Finland's parliament on Tuesday overwhelmingly authorised a proposal to apply for membership of the NATO military alliance in a historic policy shift prompted by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
President Sauli Niinisto and the federal government determined officially on Sunday that Finland would apply for membership but the choice was pending parliament's approval.
Of the 200 lawmakers, 188 voted in favour and eight in opposition to the applying, Speaker Matti Vanhanen said.
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International Minister Pekka Haavisto mentioned the decision was no reason to have a good time as a result of "there may be struggle in Europe".
"Finland's membership in NATO is not going to change our fundamental pondering that we will always seek peaceable solutions and we are a peace-loving nation that can initially seek diplomatic solutions to each conflict," he stated throughout the debate.
Opponents to the appliance included some lawmakers from the Left Alliance, a part of Finland's five-party coalition, amongst them Markus Mustajarvi who challenged the choice with a counter proposal resulting in it being put to the vote.
"Our border would become the border between the army alliance and Russia. New tensions would not be a risk solely during the application process but relatively a new and everlasting situation of our overseas and security coverage," he said.
Early on Tuesday, the foreign affairs committee decided to affix the state management in proposing to parliament that the Nordic country should apply for membership.
"Having heard a really large number of consultants and having received the opinions of 10 (parliamentary) committees, the international affairs committee agrees with the federal government that Finland should apply for membership in NATO. This choice is unanimous," chairman Jussi Halla-aho advised reporters.
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Reporting by Anne Kauranen; Editing by Robert Birsel and Alison Williams
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