Senators from the Democratic and Republican parties have prepared a joint initiative within the framework of the North Atlantic Alliance that affects the possibilities of US presidents, transmits Reuters. Lawmakers are proposing to deny White House presidents the right to withdraw from the organization without coordinating such a resolution with Congress, according to the agency.
“The President, with the consent of two-thirds of the Senators, except on the advice and approval of the Senate, in Washington, D.C. on April 4, 1949, in accordance with the present acceptance or a resolution of Congress,” the text reads.
As Reuters notes, this is not the first attempt to pass such a bill, the document was introduced during the era of former US President Donald Trump. The agency emphasizes that the reason for this is the Republican politician’s statement regarding the possibility of the American side withdrawing from NATO. At the same time, his successor, Joe Biden, by contrast, pursued a path to strengthen cooperation within the alliance during his presidency.
before in France He insisted The Fifth Republic’s withdrawal from NATO.