US EditionPutin's Hit on the Streets: Austria Thinks About Joining Nato – Heated Debate
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The Austrian Foreign Minister no longer excludes a NATO accession of the German neighbour country. As a reason, she calls Vladimir Putin's aggression in Europe.
A senior Austrian official points out the opening of the debate on NATO membership after the decade of neutrality.
Austria could soon reconsider its status of military neutrality, established in 1955, and begin discussions about possible NATO membership, which would represent one of the most dramatic changes in the country's security policy in the last seven decades.
Austria marked 70 years since the restoration of sovereignty on Sunday. The so-called State Treaty led to the unification of the country and the departure of the occupying Allied armies. It was signed at the Upper Belvedere Castle on May 15, 1955, but did not enter into force until July 27. According to historian Wolfgang Mueller, the document represents the last step on Austria's path to becoming a sovereign state after World War II. In additio…
Austria’s foreign minister has said that she is ready to abandon her traditional foreign policy of neutrality and hold a referendum on NATO membership in order to counter the threat posed by Russia’s aggressive war in Ukraine. “At a time when global security is becoming increasingly unstable and Russia’s aggressive policy is intensifying,” Austria’s foreign minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger emphasized in an interview published in the German newspap…
However, Austrian Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger admitted that joining NATO would likely not garner public support. Austria is considering...
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