Research: The rate of those who want a joint army in Europe is 71 percent

According to the research conducted in 11 member countries of the European Union (EU), 71 percent of the participants support the Union having its own army.

HarrisX company conducted the research prepared within the scope of the "Trends 2026" report of Prague-based think tank GLOBSEC.

A total of 13 thousand 730 people participated in the study conducted through online panels between 11-19 May.

Support for the idea of ​​a European army was measured at 82 percent in Romania, 78 percent in Lithuania and 75 percent in France.

This rate remained at 70 percent in Poland and Bulgaria and 69 percent in Germany.

CONDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR NATO IS HIGH

An average of 78 percent of participants in the European NATO countries included in the research stated that they would vote to remain in the alliance if a referendum was held.

Support for increasing defense spending in these countries was 61 percent.

However, if the increase required cuts in health or social security spending, the support rate dropped to 44 percent.

In the European countries participating in the research, the rate of those who find the role of the USA in European security important was determined as 77 percent.

54 percent of respondents rated the United States as a reliable partner.

35 percent reported that they saw the USA as a threat to the security of their own country.

The research covered Bulgaria, Czechia, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia, as well as Ukraine, the UK and the USA.