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> One possible solution currently considered is to ask Article 5 protections from NATO for the duration of the membership process.

The report discusses this, and mentions two reasons against doing that:

- What happens if you do it, and then the referendum votes against joining? You're screwed from both ends.

- Due to the previous reason, there will be extreme pressure to vote for joining in the referendum, making it not very democratic.




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