President Joe Biden is open to waiving the Membership Action Plan for Kyiv, but the idea still faces stumbling blocks from other alliance members.
“If it’s what America really, really, really wants, they can usually get it over the line,” said an official from a NATO country, who, like the seven other NATO and member-state officials POLITICO spoke to, was granted anonymity to discuss sensitive internal deliberations. “This idea put forward by Stoltenberg should hopefully be consensual within the alliance,” another allied official said.
A senior diplomat from Eastern Europe said on Friday that the proposal to remove the need for a MAP, “if suggested, is a good one. We would support.” German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius was also upbeat.
Still, a number of officials indicate that the alliance is generally open to the approach. A senior diplomat from Western Europe said they “hope” removing MAP would be sufficient for other allies. Washington, the diplomat said, is “aware of governance challenges” and this “should reassure everyone.” Josh Shiffrinson of the Cato Institute also argues that it makes Ukraine’s current situation more dangerous.
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