NATO meeting: consolation instead of membership for Ukraine?

NATO wants to demonstrate unity at its summit in Vilnius in a month. To ensure that it actually works, there is still a lot for the NATO defense ministers to do at their meeting yesterday and today. The elephant in the room at the preparatory meeting in Brussels is also the question of how the alliance will deal with Ukraine’s demand to join as soon as possible. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is expected to attend the summit on July 11. Poland and the Baltic countries are likely to support his demand or at least call for a clear roadmap for membership.