Finland’s parliament voted 125-61 in June to amend the Nuclear Energy Act, removing a long-standing prohibition on nuclear weapons on Finnish soil. President Alexander Stubb signed the legislation on June 26, which took effect on July 1. Finland joined NATO in April 2023 after roughly 75 years of non-alignment, and the nuclear policy shift gives it the legal framework to participate in NATO’s nuclear sharing arrangements. Russia, which shares a 1,340-km border with Finland (the longest between any NATO member and Russia), condemned the decision and promised effective measures. Several NATO members, including Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Turkey, already host US nuclear weapons under similar arrangements.
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