Sweden should make a joint decision with Finland on whether to join Nato rather than play party politics over security issues as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine increases support for the military alliance, according to the country’s main opposition leader.
Ulf Kristersson, leader of Sweden’s centre-right Moderate party, told the Financial Times that Social Democrat prime minister Magdalena Andersson risked alienating Finland after she ruled out on Tuesday an application to Nato, saying it would “further destabilise” security in the Nordic region.
Finland is in the middle of a cross-party review of its security policy that is expected to produce a decision by this spring on whether to seek membership of Nato.