Joining NATO requires the unanimous consent of all current NATO countries.
Hungary has shown many times that it will not be a lapdog of the European elite. So I wouldn’t be surprised if Hungary blocked Ukraine’s membership.
Who knows? Maybe that’s what Stoltenberg is counting on. He gets to talk big while knowing that Hungary will keep Ukraine out of NATO.
I thought that it was not legal for a country at war to join ?
regardless, I agree it is not going to happen
Remember, Ukraine is a protection buffer for Ukraine. That's a geopolitical reality.
Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Moldova have the most of anyone to gain if Ukraine joins NATO. Poland and Moldova most of all.
Slovakia, too.
“Who knows? Maybe that’s what Stoltenberg is counting on. He gets to talk big while knowing that Hungary will keep Ukraine out of NATO.”
Maybe more than that. I don’t think any government wants war with Russia.