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Has the public in the individual member countries of NATO been consulted when approving new members into NATO?

As we know, FinlandFinland has recently joined NATO, and Sweden are currently in the process of joining NATOSweden is currently in the process of joining NATO. There were also episodes of NATO expansions in the past.

When a pending expansion is about to occur, do individual member countries of NATO consult their respective public when deciding to approve the membership of a country currently outside NATO?

If not, why isn't it thought as necessary to make public consultation but instead it is ok for politicians to make the decisions relatively privately?

I ask because it would seem that approving new NATO membership involves new risks of embroiling the current members into wars that they may not otherwise need to partake. Wouldn't the prospect of future wars be significant enough of a topic to require public consultation?

As we know, Finland and Sweden are currently in the process of joining NATO. There were also episodes of NATO expansions in the past.

When a pending expansion is about to occur, do individual member countries of NATO consult their respective public when deciding to approve the membership of a country currently outside NATO?

If not, why isn't it thought as necessary to make public consultation but instead it is ok for politicians to make the decisions relatively privately?

I ask because it would seem that approving new NATO membership involves new risks of embroiling the current members into wars that they may not otherwise need to partake. Wouldn't the prospect of future wars be significant enough of a topic to require public consultation?

As we know, Finland has recently joined NATO, and Sweden is currently in the process of joining NATO. There were also episodes of NATO expansions in the past.

When a pending expansion is about to occur, do individual member countries of NATO consult their respective public when deciding to approve the membership of a country currently outside NATO?

If not, why isn't it thought as necessary to make public consultation but instead it is ok for politicians to make the decisions relatively privately?

I ask because it would seem that approving new NATO membership involves new risks of embroiling the current members into wars that they may not otherwise need to partake. Wouldn't the prospect of future wars be significant enough of a topic to require public consultation?

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Has the public the individual member countries of NATO been consulted when approving new members into NATO?

As we know, Finland and Sweden are currently in the process of joining NATO. There were also episodes of NATO expansions in the past.

When a pending expansion is about to occur, do individual member countries of NATO consult their respective public when deciding to approve the membership of a country currently outside NATO?

If not, why isn't it thought as necessary to make public consultation but instead it is ok for politicians to make the decisions relatively privately?

I ask because it would seem that approving new NATO membership involves new risks of embroiling the current members into wars that they may not otherwise need to partake. Wouldn't the prospect of future wars be significant enough of a topic to require public consultation?