Finnish PM urges to "quickly" study the issue of joining NATO

Finland will face consequences if it joins NATO and if it doesn't, Marin said. In her opinion, it is worth making a choice this spring, and this should be done “carefully, but quickly”

Finland should seriously reconsider its position on NATO entry due to Russia's actions, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said during the congress of delegates of the Social Democratic Party, Yle reports. The theme of the congress was the formation of a party position on the issue of Finland's membership in NATO.

“Russia is not the neighbor we thought it was,” Marin said.

In her opinion, Helsinki will face the consequences of any development of events - if the country's citizens approve of the country's entry into NATO or if they reject this initiative. However, this needs to be resolved “carefully, but quickly,” Marin is sure, proposing to do this in the spring.

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The Finnish Prime Minister promised that she would reveal her own position on Finland's possible membership in NATO in the near future, when appropriate discussions begin in society. “If the President [of Finland Sauli Niinistö] or I expressed a strong opinion on this issue, this would be the end of the debate <...> I consider it very important that all the most central institutions of Finland be involved in the debate,” Marin explained.