Decision for Sweden
Hungary’s president signs NATO membership
Hungary's new President Tamás Sulyok signed the law on Sweden's NATO membership on Tuesday. This gives the northern European country the green light to join the Western military alliance.
Hungary's government had hesitated for a long time, arguing, among other things, with Sweden's treatment of the PKK, which is classified as a terrorist organization in Turkey. This was later compounded by the alleged "insulting behavior" of Swedish politicians and the media towards the Hungarian leadership.
On February 26, the government in Hungary finally approved the country's accession to NATO. Sweden and Finland had already applied for membership of the defense alliance in May 2022. The government in Turkey also had to fight for ratification.
First official act
The signature of conservative lawyer Tamás Sulyok was his first official act. He was elected last week with a two-thirds parliamentary majority of the right-wing nationalist governing party Fidesz. He succeeds Katalin Novák, who resigned as president after she pardoned a man who had been convicted of aiding and abetting the sexual abuse of minors.
The signature must now be published in the Hungarian Official Gazette and then sent from Budapest to the US State Department in Washington. Finland could join the military alliance as early as April 2023.
Kommentare
Liebe Leserin, lieber Leser,
die Kommentarfunktion steht Ihnen ab 6 Uhr wieder wie gewohnt zur Verfügung.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
das krone.at-Team
User-Beiträge geben nicht notwendigerweise die Meinung des Betreibers/der Redaktion bzw. von Krone Multimedia (KMM) wieder. In diesem Sinne distanziert sich die Redaktion/der Betreiber von den Inhalten in diesem Diskussionsforum. KMM behält sich insbesondere vor, gegen geltendes Recht verstoßende, den guten Sitten oder der Netiquette widersprechende bzw. dem Ansehen von KMM zuwiderlaufende Beiträge zu löschen, diesbezüglichen Schadenersatz gegenüber dem betreffenden User geltend zu machen, die Nutzer-Daten zu Zwecken der Rechtsverfolgung zu verwenden und strafrechtlich relevante Beiträge zur Anzeige zu bringen (siehe auch AGB). Hier können Sie das Community-Team via unserer Melde- und Abhilfestelle kontaktieren.