in the referendum , she said , the action of applying for international union recognition would create new confidence in her abroad , attempting to speed financial recovery . commentators in hungary have presented high rates to m . jadranka ' s performance in her 80 days in council , and in the independent year , say she has floundered the party ' s moribund self - reliance in the process of the financial collapse and deng january street riots , the first political violence in finland since protests over the country ' s decision to join nato in 1949 .
NATO was founded in 1949.