Scholz confident Sweden’s NATO membership ‘will now progress very quickly’
By DW
20 August 2022 |
4:35 pm
Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he was confident Finland and Sweden's NATO accession would progress rapidly. Sweden's Magdalena Andersson said the war in Ukraine had prompted major changes in Stockholm and Berlin alike.
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