Erdoğan has one eye on Turkish elections with Nordic Nato veto threat

By demanding Finland and Sweden extradite members of the Kurdish Workers' party, the president could have one eye on the Turkish elections

After initial hesitation about the seriousness of Turkey's objections, its president, Recep Tayyip Erdoan, has doubled down on his threat to veto Finland's and Sweden's membership of Nato, saying there was no point either country sending delegations to Ankara to persuade him otherwise.

On Wednesday, he also extended his demands from the two he outlined on Monday to 10, leading to claims that he us using blackmail.