The view that the country can remain neutral, balancing the interests of Russia and the West, while also being part of the West, is no longer morally or politically tenable.
  • BRabbit@lemmy.worldEnglish
    141·
    2 years ago

    Austria is required by its constitution to be neutral. This neutrality was forced on them by the Soviet union, which isn’t around any more, but there is currently no political will to change this.

  • e8d79@feddit.deEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago

    Unfortunately, I don’t see any chance for that. The right wing nut job party is set to win the next elections and it is likely that the “moderate” party will form a coalition with them. Even suggesting to think about joining NATO at some point in the far future, would be political suicide.

  • Greg@feddit.deEnglish
    52·
    2 years ago

    Exactly zero people studied history in this channel. It explains a lot.

  • geissi@feddit.deEnglish
    14·
    2 years ago

    balancing the interests of Russia and the West, while also being part of the West, is no longer morally or politically tenable

    NATO is no ‘the west’ and vice versa.