Three quarters of Romanians think NATO membership keeps us safe against security threats
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75.7 per cent of Romanians consider that NATO membership protects Romania against national security threats, while 45.9 per cent of them expect the US to be Romania’s main ally in case of such threats, according to an INSCOP poll commissioned by Adevarul daily and released on Monday.
Questioned about Romania’s reactions to other potential Russian officials’ threats, 57 per cent of the respondents believe our country should synchronize its reactions with those of its NATO and EU allies; 23.2 per cent believe Romania would be better of not retorting at all, while 8 per cent believe it should stand against Russia on its own and using similar terms.
Almost half of the respondents (45.9 pc) expect the US to be Romania’s main ally in case of threats against national security; 16.7 per cent expect Germany to be such an ally; 4.9 per cent picked France; 3 per cent — Moldova; 2.8 per cent — Italy; 1.6 per cent — the UK; 1.1 per cent — Spain; 0.7 per cent — Russia; 0.6 per cent — China; 0.6 per cent — Poland; 0.4 per cent — NATO; 0.4 per cent — Hungary; 0.4 per cent — Ukraine; 0.3 per cent — Bulgaria; 0.3 per cent — the UE; 0.1 per cent — India.
43.8 per cent of Romanians think the US is currently the closest nation to Romania; 21.6 per cent feel the same about Germany; 6.6 per cent about Moldova; 6 per cent about France; 3.4 per cent about Italy; 1.5 per cent about the UK; 1.2 per cent about China; 1 per cent about Spain; 0.6 per cent about Russia, and 1.2 per cent about other country.
The same poll reveals that more than half of Romanians, 58.4 per cent, believe that Romania should gave the mandatory military service again. Mostly favoring this idea were the persons aged between 35 and 49. Yet, younger people think almost the same (48 pc of those aged between 18 and 34). At the same time, most of the men, having low incomes and living in the countryside, especially in Moldova and Bukovina agree to this mandatory conscription reinforcement.
The poll was conducted by Inscop Research, during April 23-30.
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