
Hungary gives way to Sweden’s NATO membership strengthened against Russia | International
Sweden has cleared the final hurdle to become a NATO member in another historic expansion motivated by the Russian threat, after the Finnish one. The Hungarian Parliament on Monday ratified the Nordic country's membership of the Atlantic Alliance, after delaying it for 19 months. Hungary, governed by the ultra-conservative Viktor Orbán, was the last Alliance 31 partner awaiting approval.The ratification paves the way for Stockholm – abandoning two centuries of neutrality and being a non-aligned country – to become NATO's 32nd member. The Alliance has been redrawing its borders following the April 2023 entry of Finland, and now Sweden, which…



