President Emmanuel Macron signed this Saturday, on behalf of France, the ratification protocol for the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO, which had been adopted by the French Parliament on August 2.
“This sovereign election by Finland and Sweden, two European partners, will strengthen their security against the current threat in their immediate neighborhood and will make a significant contribution, given the capabilities of these two partners, to the collective posture and our European security,” he said. the Elysee on Saturday.
Sweden and Finland gave up their traditional neutrality due to the Russian invasion of the Ukraine.
20 signatures
“Twenty allies” have already “ratified the protocols”, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Catherine Colonna, had indicated during the approval by the French Parliament.
The two countries need a ratification of the thirty member states of the organization to benefit from the protection of Article 5 of the NATO Charter in case of attack.
However, Turkey, a member of the Atlantic Alliance, threatens to “freeze” the process, accusing the two Scandinavian countries of benevolence towards the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and its allies, whom Ankara considers terrorist organizations.
Source: BFM TV
