Surprising results: a poll of Europeans about their country’s ability in the war with Russia
A large number of Europeans that there is a high risk of a War with Russia, according to Opinion poll conducted in 9 countries in European Union and published on Thursday by a magazine "Le Grand Continent" French.
According to the survey in which 9,553 people participated, more than half (51%) of the participants believe that there is a high or very high risk of war breaking out between Russia and their countries in the coming years.
The nine countries are France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland, Portugal, Croatia, Belgium and the Netherlands, with samples of more than 1,000 people in each. Including.
The danger of an open conflict with Russia
The question was posed by a group "Cluster 17" At the end of November for the magazine "Le Grand Continent", "In your opinion, is it possible for Russia to go to war with your country in the coming years?".
Perception of the risk of open conflict with Russia varies from one country to another.
In Poland, neighboring Russia and its ally Belarus, 77% of respondents saw this risk as high or very high. This percentage reached 54% in France and 51% in Germany.
In contrast to the Poles, 65% of Italians participating in the survey saw the risk as low or non-existent.
The poll showed that a large majority (81%) did not believe that there would be a war with China in the coming years.
Military capabilities against Moscow
The survey participants questioned their countries’ military capabilities against Moscow.
More than two-thirds of them (69%) saw it as completely incapable" or "Rather unable" to defend itself against Russian aggression.
But in France, the only country on the list that possesses nuclear weapons, participants were less pessimistic, with 44% of them seeing their country capable "to some extent" or "Reasonably" On defending themselves.
In contrast, the Belgians, Italians, and Portuguese overwhelmingly saw their countries as unable to defend themselves (87%, 85%, and 85%, respectively).
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