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The problem of an unreliable Hungary will long outlast this foot-dragging over Sweden and Finland, and other NATO allies should be ready.

Swedish PM Ulf Kristersson said the liklihood Finland would join NATO before Sweden has 'increased'.

The ruling Fidesz party confirmed to Reuters that parliament would not hold a session next week, which they said was due to a "delay in negotiations with Brussels." Hungary is mired in a dispute with the European Commission over the release of EU funds. "The (Fidesz) parliamentary group will decide about the Finnish and Swedish NATO accession after a delegation of lawmakers (who visited the two countries) give an account of that visit," Fidesz's press office said.

A parliamentary delegation from Hungary says it supports Sweden's NATO membership bid after meeting the speaker of the Swedish parliament to iron out what Hungary's governing party has called "political disputes."

The delegation made up of politicians from Hungary's governing parties visited Finland following their visit to Stockholm on Tuesday. The Finns were not accused of "spreading blatant lies" about Hungary after all.

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Hungarian ruling party lawmakers visiting Finland and Sweden could not confirm a date for the Hungarian parliament's pending ratification of the two Nordic countries' NATO admission, the leader of the delegation said on Wednesday.

Finnish President Sauli Niinistö told a security policy panel hosted by Stanford University that relations with Russia were unlikely to improve during his term in office.

HELSINKI (AP) — Hungarian lawmakers widely support Finland’s NATO membership but it is unclear when the parliament in Budapest will ratify the Nordic country’s bid, a parliamentary delegation from Hungary said in Helsinki on Wednesday.

<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.metro.us/hungarian-delegation-backs-swedens-nato-application/"></div>COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A parliamentary delegation from Hungary said Tuesday that it supports Sweden’s NATO membership bid after meeting the speaker of the Swedish parliament to iron out what Hungary’s governing party has called “political disputes.” Some Hungarian lawmakers have raised doubts about whether to support the ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A parliamentary delegation from Hungary said Tuesday that it supports Sweden’s NATO membership bid after meeting the speaker of the Swedish parliament to iron out what Hungary’s governing party has called “political disputes.”