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Hungarian parliament approves Finland's accession to NATO

STORY: Hungarian parliament approves Finland's accession to NATO DATELINE: March 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:46 LOCATION: Budapest CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. exterior of the Hungarian parliament building 2. various of the official recording of Hungarian parliament voting STORYLINE: The Hungarian parliament on Monday approved legislation allowing Finland to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). 182 members of parliament voted in favor and six against, while 11 lawmakers were absent. Besides the far-right party Mi Hazank (Our Homeland), all parties voted in favor of Finland's accession. Elod Novak, vice president of Mi Hazank, said last Friday that his party would veto Finland's accession because "expanding the military alliance on Russia's border would be a provocation, while the neutral zone is an international interest." The Hungarian parliament originally tabled to vote on the ratification of the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO in the last trimester of 2022, but had since decided

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Hungarian parliament approves Finland's accession to NATO