Finland's parliament moved closer Tuesday toward accelerating its bid to join NATO, increasing the likelihood that it would leave Sweden behind as it enters the trans-Atlantic defense pact.
Both Finland, which has one of Europe s longest borders with Russia and Sweden have ditched their decadeslong policies of military nonalignment and applied to join the alliance last May in the wake of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
Helsinki wants to move forward even before Finland s general elections in April, as public opinion supports membership, even though it faces fewer diplomatic hurdles than Stockholm.
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