CEE: opinion on NATO membership by country 2023

Poland and Hungary had the largest share of respondents who would vote for their countries to stay in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) if a referendum on that matter was held the following weekend, according to a survey from March 2023. Nearly six in ten respondents in Bulgaria and Slovakia were of the opinion that their country should leave NATO.

Share of people who would vote to stay in NATO if there was a referendum in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) in 2023, by country

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Poland	94%
Hungary	89%
Romania	89%
Lithuania	88%
Czechia	85%
Latvia	79%
Bulgaria	58%
Slovakia	58%

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Release date

May 2023

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Region

CEE

Survey time period

March 2023

Number of respondents

8,000 respondents*

Method of interview

Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)

Supplementary notes

*Representative samples of 1,000 respondents per country.
The original question was phrased by the source as follows: "Imagine that the following weekend there will be a referendum in your country on its membership in NATO. How would you vote — for your country to stay in NATO or leave NATO?"

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