NATO citizens reluctant to provide military help - poll

Although the citizens of key NATO countries blame Russia for the Ukrainian conflict, minority of them would agree to send troops to Ukraine. What's more, at least half of Germans, French and Italians don't support military effort to defend a NATO member country if attacked by Russia, according to a survey by Pew Research Center. The survey shows that Americans and Canadians (56 percent and 53 percent, respectively) are the only two nations where more than half of the respondents said that NATO should use force if one of its members is attacked by Russia. In turn, 58 percent of Germans, 53 percent of French and 51 percent of Italians said that their country should not defend an ally. When it comes to Poles, 48 percent support the idea of sending troops to help an attacked NATO country, while 34 percent oppose it. All NATO member publics are more likely to think the United States will come to an ally’s defense (median of 68%) than to be willing to do so themselves. The  survey of 11,116 respondents in eight NATO member countries, including Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States, as well as Russia and Ukraine was conducted from April 6 to May 15, 2015.