For over half of the Finns (53 percent), NATO membership does not guarantee that other countries will help Finland in the event of a real threat or crisis – according to a study conducted two years after the country's accession to the alliance.
Finns do not believe in NATO guarantees. “Trump's policy has an impact on the change”
Only a third of respondents believe that NATO security guarantees are such a strong deterrent agent that no one would dare to attack the member country. Meaning that Faith in the support of allies and NATO deterrent policy has fallen by about 20 percentage points. Compared to the previous study from 2023.
The survey carried out by the Talousustutkiem center commissioned by the Business and Politics Forum (EVA) also shows that the support of Finns for NATO membership has fallen to the lowest level since the Finnish authorities submitted a request for admission to the alliance in the spring of 2022, resulting from the full -legged war aggression of Russia to Ukraine. Currently 66 percent Finnish respondents are still positive about NATO, but two years ago – according to numerous surveys – Finland's accession to the alliance was supported by over 80 percent. respondents.
The current US policy under Donald Trump's rule has an impact on the change of attitudes – the authors of the study assessed, emphasizing that for the Finns, carefully following foreign policy, statements of President Donald Trump, that NATO countries, which do not spend enough money on their defense, will not necessarily be covered by the USA guarantees security, they did not remain unnoticed.
