In the midst of budget woes and high levels of unemployment in Germany, the German public expresses limited support for NATO enlargement. Preliminary results from a just-completed USIA survey show great reluctance to increase their country's financial contribution to the alliance in order to cover the cost of enlargement.
United States Information Agency. Office of Research and Media Reaction. German Public Offers Modest Support for NATO Enlargement. By Christopher J. Fleury, Anna E. Sweeney and Dina S. Smeltz. Washington, D.C.: October 1, 1997. (Opinion Analysis M-165-97). National Archives Identifier: 5707642 & 7710227.