Finland Approves Changes to Nuclear Energy Act

Moscow (ANTARA) - The Finnish Parliamentary Defence Committee approved, on Tuesday (9/6), amendments to the Nuclear Energy Act that pave the way for the introduction of nuclear weapons in Finland.

On 23 April, the Finnish government submitted a proposal to parliament to amend the Nuclear Energy Act and the Penal Code, which would lift the current ban on the import, manufacture, storage, and use of nuclear weapons in the country.

“The defence committee proposes to approve… the proposal,” the committee stated.

Committee members from the opposition Social Democrats, the Green League, and the Left Alliance did not support the proposal, but this did not affect the decision.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov described Finland’s plan to allow the import of nuclear weapons into the country as “concentrated confrontation.”

In addition to Finland, several European nations are considering the deployment of nuclear weapons within their territories.

In March, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that France is entering a period of “advanced nuclear deterrence,” which will increase the number of nuclear warheads and deploy weapons to other European nations.

The United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Greece, Sweden, and Denmark have agreed to participate in this nuclear initiative.