About 71% of Europeans Back an EU Army, GLOBSEC Survey Finds

Backing for NATO remains

Europeans do not want to drop the military alliance. About 77% of respondents in NATO countries covered by the survey said they would vote to keep their country's membership.

In EU states, 78% support building the bloc's own defense capabilities alongside NATO. The results show Europeans want both, even as trust in the alliance's most powerful member declines.

GLOBSEC polled 14 countries across the transatlantic space. They include 11 EU member states, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Doubts about Washington

More than a third of those surveyed in European countries now see the United States as a security threat. In Germany, France and the United Kingdom, around half hold that view. In Central and Eastern Europe the figure is roughly one-third.

Germany is the only surveyed country where a majority regards Washington as a threat.

Conscription also drew support. Among respondents in countries without mandatory service, 64% favored bringing it back. Support was highest in the Czech Republic, France, Germany and Slovakia.

German views on Ukraine

Germany also stands out on the war. Around 40% of German respondents agreed that Ukraine's treatment of its Russian-speaking population justified the invasion. Another 39% said the West provoked the war.

Backing for Kyiv is weaker as well. Slightly more than half of German respondents consider Ukraine's struggle important for Germany's security. Nearly six in ten would accept Ukrainian territorial concessions in exchange for peace.

The findings come as European governments debate how to strengthen their own military capabilities. They are weighing that against prolonged Russian aggression and uncertainty over whether the United States will guarantee Europe's security.