In March 2025, 89% of adult Poles declared their support for Poland's membership in NATO. Since 1999, the vast majority of Poles have been in favour, but Russia's aggressive actions against Ukraine have only strengthened this attitude. We have been noting significantly higher levels of support since the annexation of Crimea in 2014. In 2022, after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, pro-NATO attitudes in Polish society have become even stronger.

Do you personally support Poland's membership in NATO?

The majority (61%) of respondents believe that Poland can currently be certain of the involvement of NATO allies in the potential defence of our borders, but only 11% are definitely convinced. On the other hand, 28% of respondents believe that such certainty is currently impossible. Compared to February 2024, the perceived solidity of the North Atlantic Alliance has decreased significantly: there are 18 percentage points fewer respondents who are convinced that Poland can currently be certain of the involvement of allies in the potential defence of our borders, and 12 points more who claim that we cannot be certain (currently 28%). In addition, the group of respondents who are unable to take a position on this issue has increased by 6 percentage points (currently 12%).

Poland's security is based on its membership in the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO). In your opinion, can Poland currently be certain of the involvement of its allies in the potential defence of our borders?

Most European Union countries are NATO members. Donald Trump's moves towards Ukraine, reported US consideration of resigning from command of NATO forces in Europe, and statements by representatives of the new American administration applying possible conditions to the application of Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty, have become an impulse for discussion on increasing the defence potential of EU countries. This concerns primarily the allocation of greater funds for armaments. In the March survey, we decided to go a step further and asked respondents whether EU countries should build their own joint armed forces. Almost three-quarters (73%) were in favour of such an initiative, while less than one in five (19%) opposed it, 7% declared no opinion, and one in one hundred respondents (1%) refused to answer.

Do you agree that the European Union countries should build their own joint armed forces?