Reviving of Weimar Triangle

Context- Recently, the Foreign Ministers of Poland, France and Germany have discussed reviving the Weimar Triangle in a meeting in Paris.

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• France, Germany and Poland would unveil a brand new cooperation settlement to combat foreign disinformation operations.
• The ministers mentioned growing a joint mechanism to detect and reply to capacity Russian net attacks.
• The Statements came after Former U.S. President Donald Trump asked Russia to invade NATO participants that do not meet their defense spending obligations.

Weimar Triangle

• The “Weimar Triangle” is a regional alliance of France, Germany, and Poland created in 1991 within the German city of Weimar.
• The institution is supposed to promote cooperation among the three nations in pass-border and European issues.
• It additionally aimed at helping Poland’s emergence from Communist rule.

Key areas of Cooperation

• Political Dialogue: It is a forum to interact in everyday consultations to coordinate their positions on European and international issues.
• Economic collaboration: Initiatives to reinforce trade, investment, and economic improvement in the concerned countries are undertaken by this grouping.
• Cultural exchanges: The grouping pursuits to deepen mutual expertise of the various countries by programmes inclusive of metropolis twinning agreements, teens change and so forth.
• Security and defence cooperation: Joint navy sporting activities, intelligence sharing and so forth are undertaken to address not unusual demanding situations and make contributions to the stability of the European continent within the framework of NATO.
• Contemporary issues: Issues which include power security, weather alternate, and technological innovation also are in the purview of the Weimar Triangle.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

• • NATO, additionally referred to as the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental army alliance.
  • Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium
  • Background: It was established through 12 nations from Europe and North America with the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as Washington Treaty) in 1949 in Washington, D.C
    • The goal changed into offering collective safety towards the Soviet Union assault in the aftermath of World War II.
  • Collective Defense: According to Article five, NATO works at the precept of collective protection, in which an assault on any NATO member is taken into consideration as an assault on all NATO members.
    • So some distance, Article 5 has been invoked once – in response to the Sept 11 terrorist attacks in the United States in 2001.
  • Members: It incorporates 31 member states –  North American nations (USA and Canada) and 28 European nations and one eurasian country (Turkey).
    • Finland was the 31st member in 2023.

• Criteria for Membership of NATO: 

• • Under NATO’s “open door coverage” based totally on Article 10, membership at present is open to handiest European nations.
  • These countries ought to fulfill certain criterias along with “a functioning democracy based totally on a marketplace economic system; fair remedy of minorities; a commitment to resolve conflicts peacefully; and making military contribution to NATO operations.
  • New members are admitted with the unanimous consent of all members.

Source: The Hindu

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