The Parliament of Türkiye approved this Tuesday in a general vote the Sweden entry in NATO, after months of blockade because it was considered that the Scandinavian country was not doing enough against the Kurdish militants.
In total there were 287 votes in favor, 55 against, 4 abstentions while the rest of the chamber of 600 parliamentarians did not attend the vote.
During the debate, both the AKP, the Islamist party that has governed Turkey since 2002, and the social democratic CHP, the largest opposition party, expressed their position in favor.
Meanwhile, some minor formations, such as the Islamist Saadet and the leftist TIP, in the opposition, as well as the fundamentalist Hüda-Par, allied with the AKP, expressed their rejection of NATO as a whole.
In recent months, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had linked approval to the agreement with the United States to sell F-16 fighter-bombers to Turkey, a transaction planned for years, but blocked by the US Congress.
Although it is not clear at what point these negotiations are, Parliament has now supported Sweden’s entry into the Atlantic Alliance, which only requires the approval of Hungary, governed by the ultranationalist Viktor Orbán.
Over the past year, Budapest had hinted that it would not oppose Sweden’s accession if Turkey agreed.
Earlier today, Orbán invited his Swedish counterpart, Ulf Kristersson, to discuss the issue of ratifying Sweden’s accession to NATO.
Source: Gestion
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