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NATO in 2024. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an international military alliance consisting of 32 member states from Europe and North America. It was established at the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949. Of the 32 member countries, 30 are in Europe and two are in North America.
At the 1997 Madrid summit, the heads of state of NATO issued the "Madrid Declaration on Euro-Atlantic Security and Cooperation" which invited three Central European countries to join the alliance, out of the twelve that had at that point requested to join, laying out a path for others to follow. [116]
Accession of Poland to the European Union took place in May 2004. Poland had been negotiating with the EU since 1989. With the fall of communism in 1989/1990 in Poland, Poland embarked on a series of reforms and changes in foreign policy, intending to join the EU and NATO. On 19 September 1989 Poland signed the agreement for trade and trade co ...
Poland joined NATO and the EU in 1999, and 2004, respectively. Poland supported Croatia's aspiration to join NATO, and ratified Croatia's accession in 2008. [5] Poland supported Croatia's aspiration to join the EU, and ratified Croatia's accession in 2012. [6] Croatia joined NATO in 2009 and the EU in 2013.
The Republic of Poland is a Central European country and member of the European Union and NATO, among others. Poland wields considerable influence in Central and Eastern Europe and is a middle power in international affairs. The foreign policy of Poland is based on four basic commitments: to Atlantic co-operation, to European integration, to ...
Poland last year spent some 4% of its GDP on defense and has earmarked some 3.1% of its 2024 GDP for that purpose, among the highest rates of defense spending for NATO's 31 member countries.
Spurred by alarm over Russia's war in Ukraine, leaders at the summit set 2% as an ... Poland surged to the top of NATO's spending charts this year, with the alliance's latest forecast showing it ...
The country was invited to join the Adriatic Charter of NATO aspirants on 25 September 2008. [55] Then in November 2008, a joint announcement from the Defence Minister and the NATO Mission Office in Sarajevo suggested that Bosnia and Herzegovina could join NATO by 2011 if it continued the defense reforms made so far. [56]