Jan Paternotte is a member of parliament in the Netherlands for the social-liberal party Democrats 66 (D66). He serves as spokesperson on foreign affairs and Europe, and is a member of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.
Editor's Note: This opinion was co-authored by eight lawmakers from Northern European countries, including the U.K., The Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, and Denmark.
As parliamentarians from Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) member states, we believe the time has come to welcome Ukraine as a full participant in our defense cooperation framework. With Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilians intensifying, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war industry running 24/7, and the