Finland will decide whether to apply for NATO membership on May 12, Iltalehti reports, citing government sources.. The decision to join the North Atlantic Alliance should be made in two stages.

This decision has already been made by Prime Minister Sanna Marin.. In turn, President Sauli Niinosto plans to announce his approval of Finland's accession to NATO, and then the parliamentary groups must approve the application. The text of the document, according to the publication, is already ready..

At the same time, parliamentary committees will not re-discuss the application.. It won't be put up for re-vote either.. It is indicated that the application is planned to be quickly transferred to NATO.

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It was reported that Finland and Sweden intend to apply for NATO membership in May. Thus, both countries decided to speed up the accession procedure, without waiting for the planned Alliance summit, which will be held at the end of June.. Meanwhile, support for Finland's accession to NATO is growing among the country's population..

Note that a few years ago, the very idea of \u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bFinland joining NATO seemed unrealistic.. But Russia's massive invasion of Ukraine changed everything.. But is NATO ready to accept a new member After all, although Brussels is talking about the “open door” policy, for Ukraine this entrance turned out to be impregnable.. For more information on how the Finns are trying to protect themselves from the Russian military threat, read Alina Gritsenko's article "