Publics in NATO countries express reluctance on Article 5 obligations % who say if Russia got into a serious military conflict with one of its neighboring countries that is our NATO ally, (survey country) that country
When asked whether their country should or should not use military force to defend a NATO ally from a hypothetical attack by Russia, in only five of the 16 member states surveyed – the Netherlands, the U.S., Canada, the UK and Lithuania – do half or more say that they should use such force. Across the 16 countries, a median of 50% say that their country should not defend a NATO ally in the event of an attack by Russia, while 38% say they should.
Publics in NATO countries express  | reluctance on Article 5 obligations  | % who say if Russia got into a serious military conflict  | with one of its neighboring countries that is our NATO  | ally, (survey country)  | use military force to defend  | that country  | Should not  | Should  | Netherlands  | 32%  | 64%  | U.S  | 29  | 60  | Canada  | 38  | 56  | LUK  | 41  | 55  | Lithuania  | 34  | 51  | France  | 53  | 41  | 41  | Spa in  | 56  | Poland  | 43  | 40  | Czech Rep  | 36  | 47  | Germany  | 34  | 60  | Hungary  | 43  | 33  | Slova kia  | 55  | 32  | Turkey  | 55  | 32  | Greece  | 63  | 25  | Italy  | 66  | 25  | 69  | 12  | Bulgaria  | 16-COUNTRY  | 50  | 38  | MEDIAN  | Note: Don it know responses not shown.  | Source: Spring 2019 Global Attitudes Survey. Q24.  | "NATO Seen Favorably Across Member States"  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 