Sweden and Finland set to join NATO in May

[brucejoel99]

So apparently the (Social Democratic) President of Croatia is threatening to veto Finland's entry to NATO.

I remember Atlas cheering this dweeb's election victory.

And Croatia Prime Minister is pro admitting them and are openly contradicting each other
https://yle.fi/news/3-12418999

So this is a non-issue, then. Although Croatia's constitutional framework mandates the President's inclusion in foreign policy insofar as deciding on the location of diplomatic missions & consular offices abroad (at the Government's proposal & with the PM's approval), appointing & recalling diplomatic representatives (not only at the Government's proposal & with the PM's approval but with the opinion of a parliamentary committee as well), & receiving letters of credence & letters of recall from foreign diplomatic representatives are concerned, it's still a parliamentary system, & executive political power is still otherwise fully vested in the Government at the PM &, abroad, their Foreign Minister & NATO Ambassador's direction.

Thus, when FM Grlić-Radman confirms the following:

https://twitter.com/Ulkoministerio/status/1519010550038122497
He's correct because even if President Milanović shows up to NATO's June Summit in Madrid & tries to veto the Finnish - &, by presumable extension, the Swedish - application(s), PM Plenković, FM Grlić-Radman, & NATO Amb. Nobilo overrule him.

[brucejoel99]

If extradition of PKK militants who currently have asylum in Finland & Sweden was really all that Erdoğan cared about, then he would've just had his diplomats attempt to secure that through the appropriate diplomatic channels. This is clearly just him using his leverage to try to pivot away from his increasing domestic unpopularity & secure any benefit that might be derived from the resultant political theater of this (like his security demands) in the run-up to next year's elections. There's no way that this doesn't inevitably end in NATO just buying Erdoğan out & Finland/Sweden still acceding to NATO, though.