US Senate ratifies Finland and Sweden’s NATO accession

Senate votes 95 to 1 in favour of Finland and Sweden joining NATO, making the US the 23rd of the 30 member states to approve.

The US Senate has ratified Finland and Sweden’s accession to NATO, the most significant expansion of the 30-member alliance since the 1990s amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The Senate voted 95 to 1 in favour of the two Nordic countries’ accession on Wednesday, making the United States the 23rd of the 30 NATO countries to formally endorse it so far, after Italy…