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All members have militaries, except for Iceland, which does not have a typical army (but it does have a coast guard and a small unit of civilian specialists for NATO operations). Three of NATO's members are nuclear weapons states: France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. NATO has 12 original founding member states.
The NATO Parliamentary Assembly is made up of legislators from the member countries of the North Atlantic Alliance as well as thirteen associate members. It is however officially a structure different from NATO, and has as aim to join deputies of NATO countries in order to discuss security policies on the NATO Council. [185]
Nato asks every member country to spend at least 2% of national income - also known as GDP - on defence. It is thought that 23 countries met that target in 2024 , compared to only three in 2014. [BBC]
NATO's members signed North Macedonia's accession protocol on 6 February 2019. [85] Most countries ratified the accession treaty in 2019, with Spain ratifying its accession protocol in March 2020. [86] The Sobranie also ratified the treaty unanimously on 11 February 2020, [87] before North Macedonia became a NATO member state on 27 March 2020 ...
While Finland became NATO’s 31st member without major obstacles, Sweden’s bid to join the bloc was for months obstructed by Turkey and Hungary, which enjoy friendly relations with Moscow and ...
Sweden and Finland have been formally invited to join the alliance.
During the Cold War, most of Europe was divided between two alliances. Members of NATO are shown in blue, with members of the Warsaw Pact in red and unaffiliated countries are in grey. Yugoslavia, although communist, had left the Soviet sphere in 1948, and Albania was a Warsaw Pact member-only until 1968.
Pages in category "Member states of NATO" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...