Manifesto CoreForeign Policy and Defense
Foreign Policy Doctrine
Strategic independence rather than imperial ambition, guided by prudence, legitimate national interest and a strong presumption against unnecessary war.
Policy catalogueForeign Policy and Defense
DerivedNATO
Restore Europe is sceptical of permanent dependence on NATO and favours greater national and European strategic independence.
Position
Defensive cooperation may be useful, but NATO membership and alignment should not be treated as unquestionable or permanent requirements.
Policy
- Build credible national and European defensive capabilities.
- Reduce permanent strategic dependence on the United States.
- Retain the ability to cooperate with NATO states on intelligence, defence technology, exercises and genuine common threats.
- Do not participate in wars merely to demonstrate alliance solidarity.
- Keep national constitutional control over deployment of armed forces.
- Reject ideological wars intended to remake foreign societies.
- Keep long-term NATO membership open to reassessment if strategic independence can be secured through a more appropriate defensive structure.
Implementation note
Implementation note
NATO Article 5 treats an armed attack on one member as an attack on all and obliges each ally to assist, while leaving each ally to determine the action it deems necessary. The manifesto supports strategic independence but does not itself require withdrawal from NATO.
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Related positions
- Agreed PolicyForeign Policy and Defense
United States
Constructive cooperation with the United States without political, military, technological or cultural dependency.
- Agreed PolicyForeign Policy and Defense
Russia
Neither permanent alignment with Russia nor permanent ideological hostility toward Russia.
- Agreed PolicyForeign Policy and Defense
Military Service and National Preparedness
A strong volunteer military, trained reserves and a physically capable population are preferred to routine universal peacetime conscription.
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