Hungary's parliament clears path for Sweden's Nato membership

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Hungarian MPs have overwhelmingly ratified Sweden's bid to join Nato in a long-delayed vote which paves the way for the Nordic nation's membership.

 

Sweden applied to join after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

 

Hungary had delayed approval accusing it of being hostile to it. But last week Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban said the two countries were now "prepared to die for each other".

 

All Nato members are expected to help an ally which comes under attack.

 

By Paulin Kola
BBC News

 

Full story: BBC 2024-02-27

 

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[Tug]

Excellent another top tier member and in an extremely important area it should provide a strong deterrence to any maritime ambitions of Mr Putin a real strangling effect ehh…???

[Purdey]

It sounds very fatalistic to say they will die for each other, doesn’t it?

[RayC]

3 hours ago, Purdey said:

It sounds very fatalistic to say they will die for each other, doesn’t it?

 

What point are you trying to make?

[transam]

Today's good news story.....

[transam]

5 hours ago, Purdey said:

It sounds very fatalistic to say they will die for each other, doesn’t it?

You're Russian..............?  😱

[fvw53]

I cannot understand the obstruction from Hungarian side ...to please Putin?   I remember 1956 when the Soviet tanks devasted Hungary and I got in my class in (last year of primary school) 2 boys who were refugees whose parents escaped.

[candide]

31 minutes ago, fvw53 said:

I cannot understand the obstruction from Hungarian side ...to please Putin?   I remember 1956 when the Soviet tanks devasted Hungary and I got in my class in (last year of primary school) 2 boys who were refugees whose parents escaped.

- Russian oil and gas;

- Orban trying to be important on the international scene,

- possibly corruption too.

Edited February 27 by candide

[Purdey]

21 hours ago, transam said:

You're Russian..............?  😱

So, you think he is very sincere? 

[Purdey]

23 hours ago, RayC said:

 

What point are you trying to make?

That it is a totally insincere statement. Sorry if you didn't understand. 

[RayC]

10 minutes ago, Purdey said:

That it is a totally insincere statement. Sorry if you didn't understand. 

 

I assume that you meant to direct your post to someone else as I don't see what my sincerety (or lack of) has to do with things?

 

So, for ease of reference, I'll repeat my original question: What point are you trying to make in stating, 'It sounds very fatalistic to say they will die for each other, doesn’t it?' when commenting on the news that Hungary's parliament has cleared the way for Sweden's ascension to NATO?

 

I don't think that I am alone in being confused.

[jollyhangmon]

Sweden in NATO, Hungary in isolation

14 hours ago

 

Hungary's parliament has finally voted to ratify Sweden's bid to join NATO after more than 18 months of stalling. The delay highlights how much Viktor Orban has politically isolated his country.

 

(...) What Orban was trying to gloss over with his cordial, diplomatic phrases was the most embarrassing foreign policy episode of his 14-year rule so far: Hungary held out against Sweden's NATO membership for a year and a half, even though it is not really clear what Orban hoped to achieve in doing so. (...)

 

 

 

https://www.dw.com/en/how-hungarys-delay-tactics-regarding-swedens-nato-bid-have-isolated-the-country-politically/a-68389844