In the last three weeks alone, support has risen by 6%.
Number of supporters of Finland's accession to NATO Among Finns, it has risen to 65%, writes Helsingin Sanomat, citing a poll by Kantar TNS.
13% of respondents opposed Finland's accession to the alliance, 22% have not yet decided. At the beginning of April, a poll of this sociological group supported 59% of Finland's membership in NATO and 17% opposed it.
70% of men support NATO membership and 59% of women.
< The highest support for Alliance membership in the older age groups and the lowest among the youngest Finns. However, more than half of people under the age of 30 are already in favor of joining a military alliance.
The survey was conducted in the Gallup Forum on April 22-27, 2022 among 1,062 respondents. The error of the survey results is about 3 percentage points. The survey involved representatives from all over the country, except the province of Åland, between the ages of 18 and 79.
Finland and Sweden plan to apply for NATO membership in May. , both countries have decided to speed up the accession process without waiting for the Alliance's planned summit in late June.
A few years ago, the very idea of Finland's accession to NATO seemed unrealistic. But Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine has changed everything. But is NATO ready to accept a new member? After all, although Brussels is talking about an “open door” policy, this entrance turned out to be inaccessible for Ukraine. For more information on how Finns are trying to protect themselves from the Russian military threat, read Alina Gritsenko's article “Finland is one step away from NATO membership: what Russia will respond to.” p>
