The vast number of candidates to deputies of the Parliament of Finland believes that the country should not join NATO, it follows from social studies of the National broadcasting company of Finland.
Against NATO membership are 89% of the candidates from the social democratic party, 86% of the candidates from the Centre, 84% of the True Finns, 77% Green and 61% of the Christian Democrats, informs Yle. The Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb said that the vast majority of Finns do not support the idea of joining the North Atlantic Alliance, making this question on the agenda until not listed. As reported in the print edition GLANCE, the head of the Ministry of defense of Finland Carl Haglund stated that his country should seriously consider the question of joining NATO: "I think the reason for NATO membership more than ever ". He explained that these grounds - the Danger from Russia, which is expressed in " Russia's role in the Ukrainian crisis ", and in the war with Georgia in 2008. The Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation said that in connection with the intensification of the debate about the accession of Sweden and Finland in NATO Moscow emphasizes the threat of negative changes in the North-Baltic region.


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