Europeans Don’t Want NATO Spending to Grow as They’re ‘Fed Up’ With Austerity

Friday, June 9, 2017
By Paul Martin

SputnikNews.com
09.06.2017

Europeans’ opinion on boosting defense spending to meet NATO targets of 2 percent of GDP are split, a poll conducted by French Institute of Public Opinion for Sputnik showed on Thursday. Radio Sputnik discussed the results of the survey with Lode Vanoost, political analyst and former deputy speaker of the Belgian parliament.

According to Vanoost, the outcome of the survey reflects the general dissatisfaction of the European population with austerity policies.
“I think that in the first place it reflects a broader issue: people are fed up with austerity. And in the period, when this is happening, telling people that they have to spend more on defense, something that doesn’t do any good for their daily life, of course, is not going to be popular,” the expert said.

“Mainstream media, here in Europe, are totally on the side of NATO, are totally reproducing the arguments proposed by NATO. And even then, they do not manage to get the full support of their own population,” he continued.

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