Number: 97-666 Title: NATO Enlargement: The Process and Allied Views Authors: Paul E. Gallis, Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division Abstract: NATO enlargement will face competing issues in several member states. Qualification for European Monetary Union, efforts to constrain budgets, and national elections could affect the debate over enlargement. Member states will watch developments in the U.S. Senate, above all. In France, Italy, and Turkey, the debate could prove difficult. Member states will follow different constitutional processes to amend the North Atlantic Treaty. Pages: 24 Date: July 1, 1997