According to a survey by research company YouGov, 64 percent of Germans do not support the strengthening of NATO in Eastern Europe, according to Frankfurter Allgemeine. Only nine percent of citizens have nothing against the plans of Berlin to send to the Baltic States hundreds of soldiers of the Bundeswehr “to intimidate Russia,” the newspaper notes.
Criticism of the Minister of foreign Affairs of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier at NATO has caused outrage and indignation in the ranks of German politicians, writes the Frankfurter Allgemeine. However, as it turned out, “eth view is shared by the people of Germany”.
According to a survey by research company YouGov, nearly two thirds of Germans support Steinmeier, who accused the North Atlantic Alliance in the”saber rattling”. Only nine percent of citizens have nothing against the plans of Berlin to send to the Baltic States hundreds of soldiers of the Bundeswehr “to intimidate Russia”, the newspaper notes.
His statements to the German foreign Minister came in for criticism not only of the CDU/CSU in the German Parliament, but also the East bloc partners. “At the moment we should not exacerbate the situation with saber-rattling and war cries, “said Steinmeier Frankfurter Allgemeine. – One who believes that with the help of a symbolic tank parades, you can create more security on the Eastern border of the Alliance, wrong”.
According to the survey, the opinion of the Minister of foreign Affairs of Germany shared by 64 percent of respondents and only 16 percent disagree with him. “And despite the fact that 49 percent think it is possible the military actions of Russia in the Baltic States, as two years ago on the Ukrainian Peninsula of Crimea, – emphasizes the publication. – Only 30 percent of Germans do not believe in such a scenario”.
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