Re:Finland becomes the 31st member of NATO
by rainworld on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @10:11AM
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Which is irrelevant to what I wrote. And the decision wasn’t made on a whim, it was made because the opportunity had arisen. Popular support was secondary. Not like they held a plebiscite or called an election over the matter.
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Re:Finland becomes the 31st member of NATO
by lolinder on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @10:15AM
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They're literally (edit: just had their) elections on Sunday. If the polling is wrong and some significant portion of Finns oppose NATO membership, I'm sure they made themselves known.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/1/finland-having-clear...
> A poll by the broadcasting company YLE in May showed that 76 percent of Finns were in favour of joining NATO.
The election was this Sunday. The winning party NCP has been pro NATO for 20+ years, unlike the previously ruling SDP.
Re:Finland becomes the 31st member of NATO
by lolinder on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @10:33AM
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Oops, thanks, I missed the date on that piece.
Re:Finland becomes the 31st member of NATO
by khochesh_kushat on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @10:16AM
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Since you are so concerned about Finnish democracy, this may help: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-09/finnish-s...