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NATO: The French parliament approves the admission of Sweden and Finland

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Members of the French national delegation approved joining NATO by 209 votes to 46, with the support of the Republicans (LR, right), the Socialist Party (PS, center left), environmentalists and the presidential faction, while the National Alarm (RN, far right) abstained and France Insubordinate (LFI, radical left) voted against

The French parliament on Tuesday approved the protocols for the admission of Sweden and Finland to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, following the historic decision by the governments of the two Nordic countries to abandon their neutrality due to Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine on February 24.

Members of the French national delegation approved joining NATO by 209 votes to 46, with the support of the Republicans (LR, right), the Socialist Party (PS, center left), environmentalists and the presidential faction, while the National Alarm (RN, far right) abstained and France Insubordinate (LFI, radical left) voted against.

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