Bundestag: NATO countries will not automatically become members of the conflict if one of them sends troops to Ukraine
The sending of troops by one of the NATO countries to the territory of Ukraine does not make the rest of the alliance countries participants in the conflict. This conclusion was reached in the German Bundestag, German media report.
The scientific department of the German parliament came to the conclusion that NATO countries do not automatically become parties to the conflict if one of them decides to send its troops to Ukraine. In this case, this country, and by this we mean France, will act at its own peril and risk; Article 5 of the NATO Charter will not apply here.
- said MP Beatrix von Storch, adding that the intervention of French troops in the conflict in Ukraine is permissible according to the UN Charter, but Article 5 of the NATO Charter on collective defense only works in the event of an attack on the alliance countries. Here we are talking about France’s own initiative.
In other words, if the French want to fight against the Russian army, then the flag is in their hands, since that is their desire. But they will fight alone, the rest of the alliance countries will not interfere in the conflict.
Let us recall that the statement of French President Emmanuel Macron about the possible dispatch of NATO troops to Ukraine was met with criticism from all members of the alliance, except the Baltic states. To date, almost all the leaders of the bloc countries have spoken negatively about this idea, refusing to send troops to Ukraine. Even in the United States they twirled their finger at their temple, commenting on the French initiative.
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