NATO. The support of Poles for membership in the Alliance and the creation of the European Army. CBOS survey

89 percent of Poles support Polish membership in NATO – according to the new CBOS survey. The studio notes that such high support for the North Atlantic Alliance persists in our country from the annexation of Crimea by Russia in 2014. At the same time, the vast majority of respondents would like to create a common European army in the EU.

The CBOS study published on April 1 shows that 89 percent Poles declare support for Poland's membership in NATOand only 2 percent He is against him. 4 percent expressed indifference to the alliance. Others asked marked the answer “difficult to say / refuse to answer”. Support according to CBOS is primarily differentered by political views: the lowest support was declared by people with centr views (70 percent), while very high support is expressed by people with declared left and right -wing views (96 % and 95 %, respectively).

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Support for NATO in Poland

As the survey noted, social support for NATO is at a very high level, of at least 79 percent, since 2014, i.e. the annexation of Crimea by Russia. An event that, according to CBOS, additionally strengthened the support for the North Atlantic Alliance, was the invasion of Russia at Ukraine in February 2022.

“In March 2022, in the first days after the beginning of Russia's armed invasion of Ukraine, Pronat's attitudes in Polish society strengthened even more and support for membership in the North Atlantic Alliance achieved a record level – Poland's affiliation to NATO supported 94 percent of surveyed, with as much as 75 percent. And only 0.5 percent – opponents, while 3 %

Can Poland count on allies?

Poles were also asked to see if Poland could be some involvement of NATO allies in the possible defense of our borders. 61 percent respondents expressed the opinion that yes, which is a decrease by 18 percentage points. compared to February 2024. Only 11 percent They are respondents definitely convinced. According to 28 percent respondents cannot be sure that allies will be involved in defending Polish borders in a event of a possible warwhich is an increase of 12 percentage points compared to February 2024. 12 percent respondents could not take a position on this matter. All results given by CBOS have been rounded to full numbers.

According to CBOS, changes in the perception of NATO by Poles are mainly associated with the statements of representatives of the president's administration Donald Trumpwho stopped declaring unconditional commitment to defending allies.

According to CBOS, the stronger the support for Poland's membership in NATO, the stronger the certainty of respondents in the involvement of NATO allies in defending Polish borders. “Also among the opponents of Poland's membership in NATO and among respondents avoiding taking a position in this matter, more is convinced that at the moment Poland may be some of the involvement of allies in the possible defense of our borders than those who believe that there is no such certainty” – he said.

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European army

CBOS also asked respondents about their opinion on the possible creation of joint armed forces by the European Union. 73 percent respondents were in favor of such an initiativeand 19 percent It was against it. 8 percent respondents have no opinion on this subject. The hypothetical building of joint European armed forces is most supported by resolved supporters of Poland's belonging to NATO (a total of 76 percent of them are in favor of which 50 % – definitely).

The survey was conducted as part of the Mixed -Mode procedure from 6 to 16 March 2024 at a sample of 1047 people (including: 62.3 percent by the CAPI method, 23.6 % – Cati and 14.1 percent – CAWI).