Austria joined EU alongside Finland and Sweden back in 1995 after the Soviet collapse.
So, possibly 30 years later there will be a close accession to NATO for the 3 countries after the Russian invasion of Ukraine
KirovianNL on
Neutrality doesn’t exist, it just means you support aggressors.
sirwitti on
Austrian here. As far as I know, this didn’t even make it to mainstream media and there is no real talk about this in politics.
As this would be considered highly controversial here, don’t hold your breath.
chunek on
Do it, neutrality is a farce.
But we should have our own, european military alliance… maybe one day.
fraro_21-D on
I Hope not. Is thanks to neutrality if Country like Austria and Switzerland have become prosper.
Individual_Yard_5636 on
NATO is dead. The only thing the US would do if a NATO member got attacked is blackmail the Rest of Europe. Or invade Greenland. Build a european defense alliance. Fuck the US.
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TerribleQuestion4497 on
Logically why would they? Like are Czechs planning to attack them to expand their Beer Empire?
GunnerSince02 on
Why the fuck would they? Same with Ireland. Its much better to just be a leach.
TestManifest on
Romania and Bulgaria enter the chat
armoman92 on
neutrality, lol
Legitimate-Concernz on
Good to see its not just Ireland being pressured to join NATO for no good reason
achiller519 on
Why would they? They are in the center of Europe, so in order to have a direct threat onto their face, someone will have to pass many NATO countries
TheGaelicPrince on
Neutrality rocks.
Jebinem on
Hopefully not. Why any country in Europe should want to stay in Trumps pact is a mistery to me, it’s even more unimaginable that a country would willingly join it and set it’s course to ww3.
LegitimateCompote377 on
In terms of self interest, likely a pretty terrible decision to join now. Forces Austria to increase defence spending significantly. I was surprised to find that the referendum in Slovenia was cancelled, because the US are really ramping up pressure to increase European spending.
Personally I don’t want a nation that has consistently bowed down to the Russian government, in a cross party corruption scandals (it seems both left and right wing parties are very close to Russia) to join NATO, and I even think there is an argument for further pressure from the EU. I don’t want yet another especially Orban but to a lesser extent Erdogan in NATO.
Peacock_Feather6 on
What about the KGB nest in Vienna? We all know that the streets of Vienna are crawling with Russians and KGB agents.
_chip on
Expand NATO at all costs
Unlikely-Stage-4237 on
Yes. Austria must be NATO and Ruzzian influence must be removed.
Shaolinpower2 on
Do they even need it tho? They’re already surrounded by NATO. Isn’t it already a huge protective wall?
Sevastous-of-Caria on
My logic says no, Betterridge’s law of headlines also says no.
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Austria. Neutral. Pick one.
Austria joined EU alongside Finland and Sweden back in 1995 after the Soviet collapse.
So, possibly 30 years later there will be a close accession to NATO for the 3 countries after the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Neutrality doesn’t exist, it just means you support aggressors.
Austrian here. As far as I know, this didn’t even make it to mainstream media and there is no real talk about this in politics.
As this would be considered highly controversial here, don’t hold your breath.
Do it, neutrality is a farce.
But we should have our own, european military alliance… maybe one day.
I Hope not. Is thanks to neutrality if Country like Austria and Switzerland have become prosper.
NATO is dead. The only thing the US would do if a NATO member got attacked is blackmail the Rest of Europe. Or invade Greenland. Build a european defense alliance. Fuck the US.
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Logically why would they? Like are Czechs planning to attack them to expand their Beer Empire?
Why the fuck would they? Same with Ireland. Its much better to just be a leach.
Romania and Bulgaria enter the chat
neutrality, lol
Good to see its not just Ireland being pressured to join NATO for no good reason
Why would they? They are in the center of Europe, so in order to have a direct threat onto their face, someone will have to pass many NATO countries
Neutrality rocks.
Hopefully not. Why any country in Europe should want to stay in Trumps pact is a mistery to me, it’s even more unimaginable that a country would willingly join it and set it’s course to ww3.
In terms of self interest, likely a pretty terrible decision to join now. Forces Austria to increase defence spending significantly. I was surprised to find that the referendum in Slovenia was cancelled, because the US are really ramping up pressure to increase European spending.
Personally I don’t want a nation that has consistently bowed down to the Russian government, in a cross party corruption scandals (it seems both left and right wing parties are very close to Russia) to join NATO, and I even think there is an argument for further pressure from the EU. I don’t want yet another especially Orban but to a lesser extent Erdogan in NATO.
What about the KGB nest in Vienna? We all know that the streets of Vienna are crawling with Russians and KGB agents.
Expand NATO at all costs
Yes. Austria must be NATO and Ruzzian influence must be removed.
Do they even need it tho? They’re already surrounded by NATO. Isn’t it already a huge protective wall?
My logic says no, Betterridge’s law of headlines also says no.