How Eastern Europe views NATO

While U.S. President Donald Trump has referred to NATO as “obsolete”, residents in many member countries in Eastern Europe view the alliance as providing protection for their countries, according to a recent poll

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NATO associated with... Protection of country Threat to country

Kosovo 90 3

Albania 70 3

Poland 62 8

Lithuania 57 13

Estonia 52 17

Croatia 52 17

Romania 50 8

Hungary 49 9

Latvia 49 16

Czech Rep. 46 13

Macedonia 45 13

Georgia 37 8

Slovakia 37 19

Ukraine 29 35

Bosnia 28 21

Bulgaria 28 20

Greece 23 19

Montenegro 21 29

Serbia 6 64

Russia 3 67

Percent 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

NATO members in bold. Approximately 1,000 people, aged 15 and older, surveyed in each country during 2016 (2,000 people surveyed in Russia). Margin of error varies by country

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Source: Gallup 

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