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'Neutral' Europe recedes as Finns, Swedes edge toward NATO


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Positivity     36.00%   
   Negativity   64.00%
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Ireland has imposed sanctions on Russia and sent non-lethal aid to Ukraine in response to the invasion.Ireland has been participating in European Union battlegroups — part of the bloc’s efforts to harmonize its militaries.Kruizinga, who has contributed to a Cambridge History of the First World War on neutrality, suggested that the more that EU and NATO memberships are similar, the better it is for the bloc “to portray itself as a geopolitical power.”MALTAMalta’s constitution says the small Mediterranean island is officially neutral, hewing to a policy of “non-alignment and refusing to participate in any military alliance.” A poll commissioned by the Foreign Ministry published two weeks before Russia’s invasion found a vast majority of respondents supported neutrality — and only 6 percent were against it.The Times of Malta newspaper on Wednesday reported that Ireland’s Higgins, during a state visit, stressed the idea of “positive” neutrality and joined Maltese President George Vella in condemning the war in Ukraine.CYPRUSCyprus’ relations with the United States have grown considerably over the last decade, but any idea of NATO membership remains off the table — at least for now.The ethnically split island nation’s president said Saturday that “it’s much to early” to even contemplate such a move that would invariably meet rival Turkey’s strong opposition.

As said here by JAMEY KEATEN