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Old 21st Apr 2022, 10:16
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The Swedish prime minister has accelerated the deadline for their report of Swedens external security situation. The earlier date of 31st May has been pulled to 13th May. This is the pre-requisite for Swedish politicians NATO discussion prior to sending a joining request.
Apparently one reason to hurry up is the fact that Finland has already finalized its own report and it is already in discussions in the Finnish parliament and Sweden don't want to be left alone due to their own slowness.
Also, recent polls state that 57% of Swedes are now pro NATO. Tomorrow the social democratic party is going to have a "marathon meeting" to discuss the NATO topic.

Seems that Swedes really wish to be on time to leave the application prior to NATO summit in June.

sourece: https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a...er-maratonmote
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