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  Thank God this is moving swiftly...
context: At this point Erdogan has spewed so much propaganda against Sweden that he cannot accept Sweden into NATO without losing popularity. So at least until Turkish election is over there is no bribe that can get Sweden into NATO. >
  
  Fully agreed. It is currently far more valuable for Erdogan to continue to play the role of the "protector of Turkey against evil westerners". And given the abysmal state of the Turkish economy - not to mention his own low popularity - he will need every little bit of distraction and patriotic indignation or fervor he can rile up.
  We can revisit the topic in June, after the elections.
  Luckily, Sweden and Finland are well protected and in no hurry whatsoever, so the Turkish show can go on. >
  
  Swedes are burning Qurans outside the Turkish embassy while Turks are burning Swedish flags outside the Swedish embassy. Honestly Sweden right now has less chance of joining NATO this century than Russia does. >
  
  One Danish idiot burned a Quran. Not really a Sweden thing >
  
  What about Finland? >
  
  If I'm not wrong turkey said they don't have any issue with Finland joining, but Finland wants to join with Sweden together. >
  
  That is correct. Finland and Sweden were one and same country from around 1200 to 1809, and will join NATO together. 
  Turkey's delaying tactics and the entire bazaar haggling show is an annoyance of course, but there is no hurry. Finland and Sweden are both already guaranteed by all key NATO members, and Russia will not be in any position to threaten them for years to come. >
  
  I don't think Finlands desire to join together with Sweden has anything to do with Swedens occupation of Finland, rather it has to do with the good, modern relations. >
  
  Naturally. And on the other hand, the good, modern relations have a lot to do with those 600 years as one country. Much of the Finnish society as we know it today can be directly traced to that long historical connection, including legislation, religion, ways of thinking and many other influences.
  I don't think any historian would refer to that period as 'occupation', though. >
  
  There are most definitely regions in Finland where people would refer to it as an occupation, and the memories of men being forced into armies etc are not gone.
  Relations have been good of course for a long time, and Sweden is a beloved neighbor, but we were not ”one country” quite so simply for 600 years. >
  
  Finland was not occupied though, it was a fully incorporated part of Sweden and the people living in Finland were considered full citizens. >
  
  It was Swedens crusade that took Finland to their own. So occupation is right word. Even as late as 1700 sweden soldiers were angry that they were stationed in Finland and forced to defend it, because they did not think it as a part of Sweden. 
  Fins were considered second class citizens at best and
  Sweden made its best effort to root out Finnish language and any culture they had. >
  
  This is an optimistic take from Billström, Turkiye flat out said no just a couple of days ago if the protest that occurred yesterday wasn’t stopped. And beyond that they still don’t think we’ve done enough to send them ~130 people they consider terrorists. I guess we aren’t given the full information as to what is going on behind closed doors, but with 2 cancelled visits recently with our ministers I have a hard time thinking it’s close by any standard. >
  
  I would be shocked if there is any (public) progress until the Turkish elections. Appearing to "stand up" to "despicable westoids" plays extremely well among the nationalistic Turkish electorate, and Erdogan will want to distract the voters from his abysmal economic policies as much as he can.
  Expect to hear something in June or July at the earliest. >
  
  If Erdogan wins the election, it's even unlikely Turkey will approve after the election. Erdogan clearly said he expects Sweden's government to withhold official approval for the Quran burning event of this Danish neo-Nazi troll. >
  
  I think he overdosed on hopium, because Turkey recently said that they were nowhere near close. >
  
  Probably done in July or august. >
  
  This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 77%. (I'm a bot)
  
  
  Sweden's foreign minister says his country is inching closer to having its NATO application ratified by one of the military alliance's last holdouts.
  Sweden's Foreign Minister Tobias Billström told CBC News Network's Rosemary Barton Live in an interview airing Sunday that the sticking points with Turkey are nearly resolved.
  U.K. Foreign Secretary James Cleverly told CBC News Network's Power & Politics on Thursday that Russia's invasion has strengthened NATO. "Vladimir Putin was hoping to fracture NATO as a defensive alliance, and instead what we've seen is NATO coming together and two new countries applying to join NATO as a direct response to Russia's attempted invasion of Ukraine," he said.
  
  
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  Turkey is not going to stop playing games as long as Erdogan is dictator. Even if he allows elections to happen, he won't accept a loss, and will likely have disappeared any viable opponent before the vote anyway. >
  
  No need to worry with those security guarantees from US, UK, etc 😏