Finland Approves Nuclear Energy Law Amendment, Paving Way for Nuclear Weapons

JAKARTA - The Finnish Parliament's Defense Committee has approved amendments to the Nuclear Energy Act that pave the way for the introduction of nuclear weapons in Finland.

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

"The defense committee proposes to approve... the proposal," the committee said, as reported by Sputnik, Wednesday, June 10.

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

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described Finland's plan to allow the import of nuclear weapons into the country as "concentrated confrontation."

Besides Finland, several European countries are considering placing nuclear weapons in their territory.

In March, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that France was entering a period of "advanced nuclear deterrence," which would increase the number of nuclear warheads and deploy weapons to other European countries.

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