The two Nordic countries decided to give up their neutrality because of the Russian invasion in Ukraine.
The French Parliament has ratified the accession protocols of Sweden and Finland to theNATOby a vote of the National Assembly on Tuesday, August 2, after the historic decision of these two countries to renounce their neutrality because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The deputies adopted the text by 209 votes against 46 with the support of LR (right), the Socialist Party (PS) and environmentalists, the abstention of the RN (far right) and the vote against of LFI (La France Insoumise , radical left).
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Sweden and Finland, however, need a ratification of the thirty member states of the organization to benefit from the protection of Article 5 of the NATO Charter in the event of an attack. And Turkey is threatening tofreezethe process, accusing the two Scandinavian countries of benevolence towards the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and its allies that Ankara considers terrorist organizations.
France joinstwenty allies” who “have already ratified the protocolssaid French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna. The head of French diplomacy stressed the “historic and major decisionfrom Sweden and Finland, includingneutrality had hitherto been a cardinal principle“. This “turning» comes from «disruption of our geopolitical landmarks” with the Russian invasion in Ukraine, the recourse of a “Powerful” at “brute force” with a “unprecedented violence“, of the “abuses, rapes, assassinations and deportations“, lambasted the minister. With NATO, heit’s about collective defense” and “in no way to be offensive“recalled Ms. Colonna.
“wake up time»
“For NATO, it’s time to wake up” after “brain deathdescribed by Emmanuel Macron, said the centrist president of the Foreign Affairs Commission Jean-Louis Bourlanges (MoDem, centrist). The rebellious Aurélien Saintoul denounced a “dangerous process” with the “nato overlayand the European Union.
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On the far right, Laurent Jacobelli (RN) criticized “a signal of defiance to Russia“, with this membership process, presenting NATO as a “commercial showcase of the military-industrial complex” the United States. The LR right supported this membership “legit” of “partners” who “contribute regularly to NATO operations“. But “the fact that European defense is not a sufficient guarantee of protection must challenge us“, underlined Michèle Tabarot (LR).
The socialist Alain David judged that the geopolitical context made this membership of NATO “necessary“. He criticized “the odious blackmail of Turkeyon the subject, about the Kurds.