War In Ukraine Leads Swiss To Rethink Security Issues

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) Español (es) La guerra en Ucrania hace reflexionar a los suizos sobre su propia seguridad

Português (pt) Guerra na Ucrânia leva suíços a repensar questões de segurança

عربي (ar) الحرب في أوكرانيا تدفع السويسريين إلى إعادة التفكير في القضايا الأمنية

“The war in Ukraine has a more special meaning for the population than other major disasters in the past,” said Jacques Robert, an author of a follow-up surveyExternal link to the government's“Security 2022” study, published on Thursday.

'Security 2022' survey

The follow-up telephone survey of about 1,000 people was conducted by the polling institute Link at the beginning of June. The sampling error is plus/minus 3.2 percentage points in the worst case. The results are published by the Military Academy (Milac) and the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at the federal technology institute ETH Zurich.

The reason for the follow-up survey was that the survey date of the“Security 2022” study was before the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Using the data from the follow-up survey, it is now possible to map the reactions of the voting population to subsequent domestic and global political developments.

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For the first time most people (52%) support closer cooperation with NATO; in January 2021 the figure was 45%.

Although a clear majority of Swiss voters are still against becoming a formal member of NATO, some 27% support NATO membership, which is significantly higher than in previous years.

The belief that membership of a European defence alliance would bring Switzerland more security than maintaining neutrality is on the rise, the study authors wrote. This comes as security fears mount in the wake of the war in Ukraine.

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