Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has instructed his Fidesz party to back Finland and Sweden's bids to join Nato, as the Hungarian Parliament prepares to debate the membership applications next week. Fidesz parliamentary group leader Máté Kocsis told a press conference on Thursday that the party has held internal discussions on the question of ratifying the bids, as some Fidesz MPs believe accepting Finland and Sweden into the alliance could mean an escalation of the war in Ukraine. Hungary to ratify Finland's Nato membership in February, Minister Haavisto saysThursday's papers: Paternal minister's return, stubborn bacteria, and Budapest's Nordic Nato vote