Hungary raises fresh objections to Sweden's Nato bid as Turkey casts new doubt on Sweden-Nato deal
I warned all here this would perhaps (even likely) happen
fascist ratfuckers 
https://www.ft.com/content/ebb5522a-17a6-4e14-83ac-b913ad81214d
Hungary has joined Turkey in adding more hurdles to Sweden’s Nato bid, with Budapest expected to extract further concessions from its western allies before ratifying the expansion of the military alliance. Pro-government media in Hungary last week unearthed a 2019 Swedish educational video that described Hungary as a country where democracy was eroding. On Sunday, parliament speaker László Kövér, a close ally of prime minister Viktor Orbán, said that Hungary and Sweden did not see eye to eye on issues of patriotism and therefore did not belong in the same alliance.
“Nato is a defence alliance, and we do guarantee collective defence,” Kövér told a pro-Orbán TV show. “But I don’t think we need an ally that?.?.?. spits on us.” Foreign minister Peter Szijjártó has also used the video as a pretext to remind Stockholm not to take Budapest’s vote for granted, writing to his Swedish counterpart last week not to be “surprised” by the Hungarian parliament’s reaction.
Orbán had agreed to ratify Sweden’s bid, after Turkey lifted its objections in July. But in recent weeks, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has signalled reluctance to take that step as a result of a series of Koran burnings in the Scandinavian country, including in front of the Turkish embassy. The Hungarian government has admitted co-ordinating positions with Ankara on the issue. In the past, Orbán has used his veto on Nato enlargement and other issues within the EU to extract concessions from his western allies.
The Turkish-Hungarian veto meant that Sweden was decoupled from Finland after they jointly applied for Nato membership in May 2022, following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Finland joined the alliance in April this year. The Hungarian warning has been met with astonishment in Sweden and has added to the sense of a Nato application that is still far from certain. Kalle Sandhammar, head of Sweden’s small public broadcaster UR that published the educational video said that it was “in itself gratifying to hear that Hungarian politicians are watching UR”. But he added: “It is deeply ignorant to think that Swedish politicians have control over UR’s content.”
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No changes to Turkey deal on Nato, Sweden says
https://euobserver.com/nordics/157442
Sweden is not going to change its deal with Turkey on Nato ratification, which Finland and Nato still expect in October, despite Turkey's new rhetoric. Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan agreed a seven-point deal with the Swedish prime minister at a Nato summit in Vilnius on 10 July. He also promised to call a ratification vote when the Turkish parliament reconvened in October.
He is now creating fresh uncertainty, by saying the US should first sell him F-16 warplanes and that Sweden stops Kurdish "terrorists" from holding anti-Turkish rallies. "My parliament doesn't view this issue positively, they aren't ready to ratify Sweden's accession protocol," Erdoğan reportedly told press in the wings of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on Monday (18 September).
But for its part, Sweden says the Vilnius deal is not up for debate. "The agreement is still valid and there will be no new elements added," Anna Erhardt, the Swedish foreign minister's spokeswoman, told EUobserver on Tuesday. And there were no more gatherings foreseen of a special trilateral group (including Finland, Sweden, and Turkey) on ratification before the Turkish MPs meet in October, Erhardt added.
Meanwhile, Hungary is the only other Nato state except Turkey still to ratify Sweden's entry. It has promised to go ahead as soon as its friend, Turkey, gives the green light. Its latest parliamentary agenda, out Tuesday, didn't table a Sweden ratification vote when the Hungarian parliament reconvenes next week. And Hungary's foreign minister, Péter Szijjártó, is also kicking up a new fuss, with a letter to Stockholm last week saying Hungary might not ratify, on grounds that a Swedish public-radio broadcaster published a 10-minute video-clip on Hungary's democratic backsliding.
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