NATO’s importance in countries’ national security has greatly increased in the eyes of the public from 14 European and North-American countries, according to a study conducted by the German Marshall Fund made public on Thursday.
The EU is also regarded as very important for the national security of countries in Europe. 78% of respondents said NATO is very important for their country’s security, as compared with only 67% last year. Respondents in countries near Russia and Ukraine place a particularly high value on NATO: 91% of Poles, 88% of Romanians and 87% of Lithuanians, the report says. Also, 81% of the European respondents said the EU is important for national security.
Radio Romania International
