Sweden’s parliament will vote next week to amend the constitution to strengthen the fight against terrorism, one of the points Turkey is demanding to allow Sweden to join NATO, AFP reported.

After the first strengthening of anti-terrorist legislation, effective since July, this constitutional amendment should, in particular, allow “restricting the freedom of association of groups involved in terrorism”, according to the statement of the parliament.

The vote is scheduled for November 16 and will come into force on January 1, reports the Committee on Constitutional Issues, which gives a generally positive opinion.

According to experts, this increase should contribute to the prosecution of members of the Kurdish PKK, a declared enemy of Ankara.

In its objections to Sweden and Finland joining NATO, Turkey accuses Stockholm of harboring “terrorists” and militants hostile to Ankara.

Although the constitutional amendment was initiated by Sweden’s former left-wing majority, the announcement of the vote date coincides with a meeting in Ankara on Tuesday between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.

The latter called the new plan to strengthen anti-terrorist legislation “a big step forward”.

“Sweden will make significant progress at the end of this year and at the beginning of next year, which will give the authorities more power to fight terrorism,” he said.

Only the Left Party expressed opposition to the strengthening of the legislation, saying it ran counter to freedom of association.