Finland will most likely join NATO before Sweden according to the country's prime minister. This is because Turkey opposes Sweden's bid to join the organization.
in May last year, Finland and Sweden have consistently stressed that they would become members of the military alliance at the same time"hand in hand."
Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, left, and Oscar Stenstroem, ambassador in the cabinet preparation and chief negotiator in the NATO process, hold a press briefing in Stockholm on March 14, 2023. Now, however, Kristersson told reporters,"it’s not out of the question that Sweden and Finland will be ratified in different stages."All 30 existing members of NATO have to approve a new member. They all signed the accession protocols for Finland and Sweden last year, and 28 of them have ratified the texts for both countries.
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