With preparations underway for the Madrid Summit on NATO enlargement, the German public is much more reluctant than before to endorse the idea. While most still see a need for NATO, the public places a higher priority on internal change than on expansion eastward.
United States Information Agency. Office of Research and Media Reaction. German Public Endorsement of NATO Enlargement Declines Sharply. By B. Susan White. Washington, D.C.: April 9, 1997. (Opinion Analysis M-55-97). National Archives Identifier: 5707538 & 7710122.