Sweden's second largest opposition party, the Swedish Democrats, may change its position and support the idea of ​​the kingdom joining NATO if neighboring Finland follows this course, party leader Jimmie Åkesson told Svenska Dagbladet newspaper.

Swedish Democrats is the second largest opposition party in the country. If it supports the idea of ​​Sweden joining NATO, this initiative will be able to get a parliamentary majority.

Earlier, the Finnish government announced that it would review steps in the coming weeks regarding the country's possible accession to the alliance. After the beginning of the events around Ukraine, the idea of ​​NATO membership, judging by the polls, is finding more and more support among the population of Sweden.

So, according to a survey by the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet and the Demoskop agency, published on March 4, the share of supporters of Sweden's entry into NATO by that time for the first time amounted to 51%, that is, more than half of the country's population, writes Deutsche Welle.