The majority of Hungary's ruling party, Fidesz, voted against a proposal by the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) to set Tuesday, October 4, as the date for a parliamentary vote on Finland and Sweden's NATO membership.
This was announced by the author of the proposal, opposition MP Bertalan Toth, Euractiv reports.
Apart from Hungary, Turkey is the only NATO member that has not yet ratified the two countries joining the military alliance.
In July, the government submitted Finland's and Sweden's NATO membership applications to parliament, but spokesman László Kever has not yet put them on the agenda.
The press service of the parliament previously reported that the vote on the membership of these two countries in NATO is on the agenda of the autumn session, but did not say when exactly it will take place.
At the defense alliance's June summit in Madrid, all member states agreed to Sweden and Finland joining NATO, but the allies must ratify the entry in their national legislatures.
Last week, Sweden resumed arms exports to Turkey in response to demands from Ankara, which has threatened to block the two northern countries from joining the alliance.
Sweden and Finland have banned arms exports to Turkey following its invasion of Syria and action against the Syrian Kurdish YPG defense forces.