The Joint Declaration on Defense Cooperation Regarding United States Force Posture in the Republic of Poland has met with a positive reception from over a half (53%) of adult Poles. A negative attitude to the declaration was expressed by 15% of those asked, while almost a third (32%) had no opinion on the matter.

In answer to an open question, those respondents who were positive about the Polish-US declaration generally spoke of heightened security and improved defence capability for Poland (51%). Negative opinions were mostly justified by the fact that the costs involved in maintaining US troops in this country would be covered by Poland (28%) and that Poland would not benefit from the arrangement but the USA would (21%).

More on this subject in the CBOS report.