Colby Forms 6-Nation NATO Bergen Group as Excluded Allies Warn of Split
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Updated · POLITICO · Sep 30
Colby Forms 6-Nation NATO Bergen Group as Excluded Allies Warn of Split
1 articles · Updated · POLITICO · Sep 30
Summary
Six allies — Norway, Sweden, Finland, Poland, Germany and the Netherlands — have joined two closed-door meetings in a new “Bergen Group” format pushed by Elbridge Colby.
Colby has cast the club as a way to generate ideas for the full alliance, limiting membership to countries he says are rapidly meeting Hague spending commitments and can contribute at scale.
Denmark could be added next after Washington and Copenhagen agreed to expand the U.S. military footprint in Greenland, according to a person familiar with the planning.
Britain and other left-out allies have grown frustrated despite meeting or exceeding Trump-era spending demands, and even some participants say dividing NATO into “good” and “bad” members risks damaging alliance unity.