The parties are increasingly in agreement on NATO - according to Finnish experts

At the same time, the information that Finland is approaching a NATO application is not surprising, given the two policy reporters with whom SVT has spoken.

- It has been possible to read into the rhetoric in recent weeks that something is going on, says Magnus Swanljung at Yle.

So far, the Social Democrat Prime Minister Sanna Marin has not wanted to take a stand for or against a NATO application.

But this weekend, she gave a keynote speech to her party comrades, emphasizing that the door to NATO is open.

- You may not be able to make a clearer mark than that without saying your own opinion, says Yle's political reporter, Thomas von Boguslawski.

Hear the reaction of Finnish policy reporters to the new information.