Finnish shun alliance

  • 2003-04-03
HELSINKIFinnish support for membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has fallen since the start of the Iraq war, a poll published on March 30 showed.Only 12 percent of Finns want to join the alliance, while 74 percent are against the idea, and 14 percent are undecided, the Taloustutkimus survey indicated.That can be compared with 20 percent who were in favor of NATO membership in January, and 64 percent who were opposed.The poll, published in Helsingin Sanomat, questioned 974 people during the period March 10 - 25.Since the fall of the Soviet Union, Finns, who for decades lived ...
 
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