NEXTA tweet: EU accelerating procedure to consider Ukraine's application to join

[highplainsdem]

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Editing to add a tweet from Ukraine's Minister of Foreign Affairs:

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[Irish_Dem]

1. What happens when Ukraine is NATO? Do we send in troops?

[highplainsdem]

2. This is about Ukraine joining the EU, not NATO. But if they were to join NATO, yes,

it would mean defending them more directly.

[Irish_Dem]

3. Thank you, have not had my morning caffeine yet.

If Ukraine joins EU, would EU defend them with troops?
Or is it only NATO that would send in troops?

[highplainsdem]

4. Only NATO.

[SheltieLover]

6. ...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216420491

[SheltieLover]

5. See #8 here

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216420491

[highplainsdem]

7. Saw that. Does it require actually sending troops, as was asked, or just munitions and other aid?

[SheltieLover]

8. Dunno

They clearly need help!

[highplainsdem]

10. I had time to do some googling just now, time I didn't have earlier, and the EU can

provide troops at times.

Links to two detailed Wikipedia articles with info too complicated for me to try to summarize here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Security_and_Defence_Policy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defence_forces_of_the_European_Union

Ukraine currently just has candidate status, though, a necessary first step and one that was fast-tracked because of this emergency. But I have no idea how that affects how much help, especially in terms of troops, they'll receive from the EU. Full membership in the EU typically takes years since the candidate countries are supposed to make changes first to bring them more into accord with the EU.

[SheltieLover]

11. Ty

[Irish_Dem]

9. Many thanks Sheltie!

Hi!!

[SheltieLover]

12. Yw!