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Finland and sweden are closely connected in this regard. They would likely agree both joins or none of them. So far in sweden there is not a majority amongst the parties to join nato but its getting closer n closer here as well.
I think however their reasoning is that now is not a good time and could likely just bring more fuel to the fire.
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Yeah, public support had been going up in Finland as well, and there's been no real political consensus to join, let alone a really strong public desire.
Finland nailed walking the line between the USSR/Russia and NATO (we even got a new word out of it: Finlandization). There's a reason the putin/trump summit was in Helsinki . To radically change course at this moment would really, really, surprise me.
True, and by all reports that's pretty a big deal.
But I don't know enough (anything) about Germany on this to say whether that would be equivalent to Finland applying, being invited, and accepting the invitation to, join NATO. I somehow expect not.