Biden backs Sweden’s NATO bid as U.S. ramps up pressure on hold outs
Hungary also has yet to ratify Sweden’s bid. Hungarian lawmakers said a long-delayed parliamentary vote on that would not happen until the autumn legislative session.Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government has alleged that Swedish politicians have told “blatant lies” about the condition of Hungary’s democracy. High-ranking Hungarian officials have said they support Sweden’s membership bid while also making vague demands from Stockholm as conditions for approval.
Sen. Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican who is heading to Vilnius next week with a bipartisan U.S. delegation, said he was optimistic that Turkey would eventually accede to Sweden’s admission and, once that occurs, Hungary would relent as well.“I don’t think there’s any outstanding request that Turkey has made that Sweden hasn’t fulfilled,” Tillis said.
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