Hungary's parliament ratifies Sweden's NATO bid, clearing the final obstacle to membership

The vote, which passed with 188 votes for and six against, was the culmination of months of wrangling by Hungary's allies to convince its nationalist government to lift its block on Sweden's membership. Hungary's decision paved the way for the second expansion of NATO's ranks in a year after both Sweden and Finland applied to join the alliance in May 2022 following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine - an assault that was purportedly intended to prevent further NATO expansion.
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