{"id":1476618,"date":"2022-05-16T11:45:41","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T15:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1476618"},"modified":"2022-05-16T11:45:49","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T15:45:49","slug":"poll-young-swedish-men-oppose-joining-nato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-young-swedish-men-oppose-joining-nato\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Young Swedish men oppose joining NATO"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpoll-young-swedish-men-oppose-joining-nato%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1476618&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2720107\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2720107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sweden\u2019s Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, right, and the Moderate Party\u2019s leader Ulf Kristersson give a news conference in Stockholm, Sweden, Monday, May 16, 2022. Sweden\u2019s government has decided to apply for a NATO membership. (Henrik Montgomery\/TT News Agency via AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN NEWSROOM<br \/>UPDATED 8:15 AM PT \u2013 Monday, May 16, 2022<\/h5>\n<p>The Swedish society has appeared to become increasingly divided over the government\u2019s proposed accession to NATO. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.svt.se\/nyheter\/inrikes\/unga-man-kritiska-till-nato\">According to a poll by Swedish broadcaster SVT<\/a>, 43 percent of Swedish men between the ages 18 and 29 are opposed to their country abandoning neutral status and joining NATO.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, another 43 percent said they were in favor of joining NATO. The poll found people of older generations and women support joining NATO the most, while young Swedish men are the least supportive of the proposal.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cI think that it put our security in jeopardy and then we\u2019re also allying ourselves with less nice and trustworthy countries,\u201d said Olof Bjork, a court employee in Stockholm. \u201cWe could increase other cooperation, military cooperation, and increase our own ability to defend ourselves, invest in a national conscription defense.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This comes as the Swedish ruling party abandoned its 73-year long opposition to NATO and voted to join the alliance in recent days. Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson recently announced that her government has decided to formally apply.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, via translator, explains decision to apply for NATO membership:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite the fact that non-alignment has served us well in over 200 years \u2026 it won\u2019t serve us as well in the future \u2026 Sweden is best defended within NATO.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/awYLYARpgk\">pic.twitter.com\/awYLYARpgk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Recount (@therecount) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/therecount\/status\/1526208305282138113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Swedish politicians are citing the Ukraine crisis as the reason to join NATO, while Russia is saying such a move would make Sweden potential target for its military.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/pallets-of-baby-formula-being-kept-at-border-for-illegals\/\">Pallets Of Baby Formula Being Kept At Border For Illegals<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sweden\u2019s Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, right, and the Moderate Party\u2019s leader Ulf Kristersson give a news conference in Stockholm, Sweden, Monday, May 16, 2022. 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