The Swedish Social Democrats, who have the largest number of seats in parliament and form the government of the country, support joining the Alliance.
Sweden's most powerful political force, the Social Democratic Party (S/SAP), supports the decision to apply to join NATO.
This is stated in the statement, published on May 15 on the party's official website.
The Social Democrats have more seats in the Swedish parliament than other political forces (100 out of 349) and have formed a government. All cabinet ministers are members of the Social Democratic Party.
“The party will work to get Sweden to apply for NATO membership,” the statement said.
At the same time, At the same time, the Social Democrats noted that they would seek to ensure that Sweden, if the application for NATO membership was approved, expressed unilateral reservations against the deployment of nuclear weapons and permanent military bases on Swedish territory.
According to SVT, the representative of this party, Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, explained at a press conference that the neutrality of the country “served well”, but in the future such a policy will not be useful.
“If Sweden became being the only country in the Baltic Sea region that is not a member of NATO, we would be in a vulnerable position,” she stressed, expressing the hope that the application would be submitted as soon as possible.
Aftonbladet newspaper, citing its own sources said that the Swedish authorities have already prepared an application, but in Stockholm they intend to send it simultaneously with the Finnish side. According to the publication, the government will make a formal decision at an extraordinary meeting on Monday, May 16, after a debate in parliament.
As you know, on May 15, the President of Finland announced that his country had officially decided to apply for membership in NATO.
Recall that Russia threatens that if they join NATO, Sweden and Finland will become possible targets for the Russian military.
