Majority Of Italians Oppose NATO's Interference In Ukraine Conflict, Arms Supplies - Poll
Faizan Hashmi Published January 28, 2023 | 05:00 PM
ROME (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 28th January, 2023) Over half of Italians oppose supplying Ukraine with modern Western-made weapons, according to a Euromedia poll commissioned by the Italian newspaper La Stampa.
Fifty-two percent of those sampled indicated that they were against arms supplies to Ukraine, up several percentage points from mid-December, the survey showed.
As of January 24, 68.5% of respondents were also against a possible intervention of NATO in the conflict.
One in three Italian citizens (33.9%) deem it necessary to support Ukraine with German-made Leopard tanks, while 58% disapprove of this idea.
Furthermore, the overwhelming majority of Italians (78.2%) believe that the Ukraine conflict is far away from them, the newspaper said, citing another survey commissioned by the Rai1 broadcaster.
Earlier in January, a survey carried out by market research company SWG for Greenpeace revealed that over half of Italian citizens (55%) opposed the government's plans to ramp up military spending NATO's 2% of GDP target by 2028.
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