More than half of Poles oppose the location of part of a U.S. anti-missile shield on Polish soil, a poll showed on Tuesday, a day after the Polish president said the project was a foregone conclusion.
WARSAW Pollster CBOS said 55 percent of those surveyed opposed the anti-missile shield plans, while 28 percent had no objections. "Poland has agreed on the anti-missile shield location without negotiating," SLD deputy Jolanta Szymanek was quoted as saying by PAP news agency. |
The Polish parliament must approve the plan to host the missile interceptors before the project can go forward. Securing parliamentary approval could be difficult, however, as one of the ruling coalition's junior partners, the far-right League of Polish Families (LPR), opposes the shield plan.
An opposition party, the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD), has said the Polish government's tentative agreement to the project, without revealing what Poland would get in return, demonstrates "a disregard for public opinion and Parliament".
An opposition party, the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD), has said the Polish government's tentative agreement to the project, without revealing what Poland would get in return, demonstrates "a disregard for public opinion and Parliament".
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