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Austria is also militarily neutral. Not a part of NATO and >60% of Austrians were always against joining NATO.
by input_sh 1y ago
Austria is also militarily neutral. Not a part of NATO and >60% of Austrians were always against joining NATO.
- senderista 1y agoSurely this is related to their (brief) Soviet occupation? I always thought it was a miracle that they didn't end up behind the Iron Curtain.
- input_sh 1y agoSoviet union definitely condititioned them to sign the neutrality initially, but like I said, every single opinion poll going back 70 years was always decisively in favour of keeping the neutrality. They also could've joined the EU somewhat earlier, but have refused to do so until the EU changed its rules about NATO membership. Up until 1995, every EU member was also a NATO member.