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NATO membership is supported by 47 percent of Montenegrin citizens
The entry of Montenegro into NATO is supported by 47.3 citizens, against the entry of the state into the alliance - 37.1%. Uncertainties with their position on this issue are 15.6 percent of the country's population. Such figures follow from a survey conducted in the period from 19 to 24 January 2016 by the agency for the study of public opinion Damar.
A survey of citizens' opinion on Montenegro's accession to NATO was conducted on a sample of 1,100 respondents in 10 Montenegrin municipalities. It showed that if this week there was a referendum on Montenegro on NATO membership, 48.3% of the country's citizens would vote for, 35% - against. They can not unequivocally state their position - 16.7 percent.
The results of several studies conducted from the beginning of June 2015 to the end of January 2016 show a steady increase in the support of citizens to join Montenegro in NATO.
This growth, in the opinion of the NATO Membership Council, is relatively slow, but steady and continuous. Namely, over the past eight months the share of supporters of Montenegro's accession to NATO grew by 5.7%.
At the same time, during this period the share of opponents decreased by 2.6 percent, and those who find it difficult to answer 3.1 percent.
In parallel with the increase in the level of public support for Montenegro's membership in NATO, the number of those who believe that the country will become a member of NATO, regardless of whether or not they support this accession, also increased.
In a survey in June 2015, 63.6 percent of the respondents said that Montenegro would become a member of NATO, and in the January survey this percentage rose to 76.3 percent.
The growing number of supporters is due to the fact that Montenegro has, to date, received an official invitation to join NATO, said representatives of the communications team of the NATO Membership Council.

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