The criteria are known, and in fact they have been denied, because one of the criteria is "no third party" (independence, sovereignty). That's not simply my preference, it's an objective criteria of value. At best I might prioritise it over one or more of the other 3 criteria.

And there aren't 3 or 7 or 89 criteria, people can't add any or remove any. They were permanent pillars, embedded in reality itself.