Poll of NATO countries finds support for removing Milosevic
April 26, 1999
Web posted at: 8:31 p.m. EDT (0031 GMT)
(CNN) -- A poll commissioned by CNN International about NATO's campaign against Yugoslavia found that heavy majorities of those surveyed in five NATO countries favor the removal of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic as a part of any peace settlement. Respondents in France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States also overwhelmingly
favored trying Milosevic as a war criminal.
Although respondents in all five countries favored separate province status for Kosovo, there was some support for independence, notably in France and Italy.
NATO got generally good marks across the board for its handling of the military campaign, with the most negatives coming from Italy.
The results varied most on the question of ground troops, with those in the United Kingdom showing the most support, while Germans voiced the most opposition.
Here are the results:
| Must any peace settlement include the removal of Milosevic? |
| |
FRANCE |
GERMANY |
ITALY |
UK |
USA |
| YES |
77% |
85% |
79% |
83% |
82% |
| NO |
13% |
6% |
16% |
12% |
15% |
| UNSURE |
11% |
9% |
5% |
6% |
3% |
| Should Milosevic be tried as a war criminal? |
| |
FRANCE |
GERMANY |
ITALY |
UK |
USA |
| YES |
84% |
80% |
83% |
82% |
79% |
| NO |
6% |
5% |
11% |
7% |
15% |
| UNSURE |
10% |
15% |
6% |
10% |
6% |
| What should be the fate of Kosovo? |
| |
FRANCE |
GERMANY |
ITALY |
UK |
USA |
INDEPENDENT
STATE |
40% |
29% |
41% |
31% |
31% |
SEPARATE
PROVINCE |
42% |
44% |
47% |
37% |
53% |
| UNSURE |
18% |
27% |
12% |
31% |
16% |
| How is NATO managing the military campaign? |
| |
FRANCE |
GERMANY |
ITALY |
UK |
USA |
| VERY WELL |
7% |
6% |
8% |
9% |
13% |
| WELL |
53% |
52% |
51% |
55% |
58% |
| POORLY |
20% |
17% |
21% |
19% |
19% |
| VERY POORLY |
6% |
5% |
13% |
7% |
6% |
| UNSURE |
13% |
19% |
8% |
10% |
4% |
| Do you support NATO sending ground troops into Yugoslavia? |
| |
FRANCE |
GERMANY |
ITALY |
UK |
USA |
| STRONGLY SUPPORT |
12% |
11% |
15% |
30% |
27% |
| SOMEWHAT SUPPORT |
43% |
16% |
18% |
24% |
25% |
| SOMEWHAT OPPOSE |
18% |
14% |
23% |
14% |
17% |
| STRONGLY OPPOSE |
14% |
49% |
40% |
16% |
28% |
| UNSURE |
13% |
11% |
3% |
15% |
3% |
|
The Angus Reid Group questioned by telephone 300 people in Britain, 300 people in France, 476 people in Germany, 300 people in Italy and 300 people the United States. The
margin of error is plus or minus 4.5 percent for Germany, and 5.7 percent for the other countries.
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