> One possible solution currently considered is to ask Article 5 protections from NATO for the duration of the membership process. The report discusses this, a

> One possible solution currently considered is to ask Article 5 protections from NATO for the duration of the membership process. The report discusses this, and mentions two reasons against doing that: - What happens if you do it, and then the referendum votes against joining? You're screwed from both ends. - Due to the previous reason, there will be extreme pressure to vote for joining in the referendum, making it not very democratic.