Originally Posted by
Lonewolf_50
The major political motives for joining NATO had nothing to do with joining or not joining the EU.
The perception was: we need a big friend, not a whole lot of unreliable friends.
Undeniably so. Pure Maslowian motives: Security first, prosperity next. Namely any security arrangement not involving USoA was considered insufficient, lacking a
raison d'être.
For joining the EU, we ran a referendum: 70 per-cent agreed.
Joining the NATO 5 year earlier was done as a political act. All parties except for one, thus representing 90% of votes from the last election, worked jointly to achieve the goal they promised before the ballots.