CBOS measures Poles' opinions regarding NATO

The public opinion research institute CBOS has published results of a survey that examined Poles' opinion regarding the NATO alliance. It turns out that 54 percent believe that Poland can be sure of the alliance's engagement in defense of the country. Compared with May, the amount of respondents solidly convinced of this fell by 5 percentage points from 14 to 9 percent. The amount of sceptics rose from 27 to 35 percent. Fifty-seven percent believe that NATO troops should be stationed in Poland, while 30 percent are against this course of events. Support for the presence of NATO troops has never before been higher. An overwhelming majority of Poles support Poland's membership in NATO (80 percent) with only 3 percent against. The surevey was conducted on a random representative group of Polish adults, with 946 respondents taking part in the study.