Majority of Finns oppose Nato membership

Finnish PollsAbout 63 per cent of respondents in a poll made public by the newspapers Turun Sanomat and Väli-Suomen sanomalehdet on Tuesday said they opposed membership in Nato.However, support for Nato membership has also risen, by three percentage points to 27 per cent.

Some 78 per cent of the respondents in the latest poll said Finland would have to organise a referendum on whether or not to join the military alliance.

Research company Taylor Nelson Sofres interviewed 1,000 Finns aged 15 and above, excluding residents of the Åland Islands. The stated margin of error is three percentage points.
STT

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