Finland’s parliament votes yes 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 accredited a proposal to apply for membership of the NATO navy alliance in a historic coverage shift prompted by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
President Sauli Niinisto and the government decided 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 appliance, Speaker Matti Vanhanen said.
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Overseas Minister Pekka Haavisto said the decision was no motive to have a good time because "there's struggle in Europe".
"Finland's membership in NATO is not going to change our primary pondering that we'll always seek peaceful options and we're a peace-loving nation that will at first search diplomatic options to each conflict," he said during the debate.
Opponents to the appliance included some lawmakers from the Left Alliance, part of Finland's five-party coalition, among them Markus Mustajarvi who challenged the choice with a counter proposal resulting in it being put to the vote.
"Our border would develop into the border between the army alliance and Russia. New tensions would not be a threat solely in the course of the software process however moderately a brand new and permanent condition of our international and security policy," he said.
Early on Tuesday, the foreign affairs committee determined to affix the state management in proposing to parliament that the Nordic country ought to apply for membership.
"Having heard a very giant variety of consultants and having obtained the opinions of 10 (parliamentary) committees, the overseas affairs committee agrees with the government that Finland should apply for membership in NATO. This choice is unanimous," chairman Jussi Halla-aho informed reporters.
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