Tag: Erkki Tuomioja
Researcher: Finland should express its readiness to share Finland’s and Sweden’s NATO offers
– The mission of the Foreign Policy Institute is to deliver research information to decision-makers. The aim is not for the institute’s management and researchers to try to influence Finland’s foreign policy, he said comment. On Wednesday, Aaltola thought on Twitter that Finland should express its readiness to separate the two membership applications after his […]
Halla-aho: It is unrealistic to think that one member could block joining NATO
“It is mainly a question of Turkey’s domestic policy and the desire to promote the issues that are important to it,” he said at a press conference at the announcement of the NATO committee’s report. President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reiterated on Monday that he intends to reject applications from Finland and Sweden. Turkey […]
Finland’s former FM questions the benefits of NATO membership
HELSINKI, February 7 (Xinhua) – Finland’s former Foreign Minister and longtime Member of Parliament (MP) Erkki Tuomioja said he doubted his country’s possible membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) would strengthen its security. In a commentary on his new book “Finland and NATO” on Monday, Tuomioja addressed the question of what NATO countries […]
