{"id":11007,"date":"2026-04-24T12:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T12:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/11007\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T12:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T12:46:11","slug":"nato-no-mechanism-to-expel-member-states-including-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/11007\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO: No mechanism to expel member states, including Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>24 April 2026 16:00<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A NATO spokesperson has stated that its founding treaty does not provide for suspending or expelling member states, amid possible US discussions on pressuring certain allies.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The spokesperson told the<a style=\"color: rgb(53, 152, 219);\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cz78x703lrvo?xtor=AL-71-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Bbbc.news.twitter%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D&amp;at_bbc_team=editorial&amp;at_format=link&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawRYJh5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFWWFk4eFM0RmhkNDBDNThtc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHrIpxpNKbfWlnUbcLUI5IPXcAJECT6rn2aB7SuUAnFYV_0YQghAG7LlKAlx-_aem_Rb1FDyUObHIDWi9ulGheNA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> BBC<\/a> that the alliance\u2019s charter \u201cdoes not foresee any provision for suspension of NATO membership, or expulsion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The statement comes following<a style=\"color: rgb(53, 152, 219);\" href=\"https:\/\/caliber.az\/en\/post\/reuters-pentagon-weighs-nato-penalties-spain-s-suspension-considered\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> reports<\/a> suggesting an internal Pentagon email has outlined possible punitive measures against NATO allies that the United States believes did not support its operations in the war with Iran.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A source within the defence department said the Pentagon expressed frustration over some countries\u2019 reluctance to provide territory for troop deployment or airspace for military aircraft.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Among the options discussed are the suspension of Spain\u2019s NATO membership and a reassessment of the US position on the Falkland Islands.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It emphasises that Spain\u2019s suspension would be symbolic and would not affect US military operations, but would serve as a signal to allies about the consequences of insufficient support.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The document does not specify how Washington would seek to push for Madrid\u2019s exclusion.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">By Bakhtiyar Abbasov<\/p>\n<p>Caliber.Az<\/p>\n<p>Read more about the key topics in this news story.<\/p>\n<p>Views: 87<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"24 April 2026 16:00 A NATO spokesperson has stated that its founding treaty does not provide for suspending&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11008,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3074,3080,3079,3075,3078,1071,3077,3076,3073,17],"class_list":["post-11007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spain","tag-analysis-of-azerbaijan","tag-azerbaijan","tag-baku","tag-important-news-of-azerbaijan","tag-international-experts","tag-interviews","tag-interviews-with-azerbaijani-analysts","tag-news-from-baku","tag-news-of-azerbaijan","tag-spain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}