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21.5% of those who responded to the survey “How Ukraine is perceived in EU countries” support Ukraine’s accession to both the EU and NATO.
Ukraine’s accession to the European Union has the support of 55% of the citizens of EU countries, and Ukraine’s accession to NATO has 38%. This is demonstrated by the results of the survey “How Ukraine is perceived in the EU countries” carried out in France, Germany, Italy and Poland by the sociological agency Kantar Profiles Division commissioned by the New Europe Center, published on November 18 by the agency press service (.pdf).
“The majority of respondents (55%) support Ukraine’s membership in the EU. Support for Ukraine’s membership in NATO is also significant (38%), but this response was not supported by the majority,” he says. The report.
According to the survey, 21.5% of respondents support Ukraine’s accession to both the EU and NATO. According to respondents, the main obstacle to Ukraine’s accession to the EU is corruption: 43.1% of respondents said that fighting corruption is one of Ukraine’s top priorities. In 2015, this figure was 37.5%.
The most popular answer to the question of what support should be provided to Ukraine in the fight against Russian aggression (21.5%) is the extension of the EU sanctions against Russia. The least popular is the supply of weapons.
The study was conducted from September 22 to 29, 2020 using the online survey method. A total of 4 thousand respondents between the ages of 18 and 65 were interviewed, selected in such a way as to proportionally represent the different groups by gender, age and region of residence.
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Emine Dzhaparova said on her Facebook page that the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry will take the survey results into account in its future work.
“For the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, this study is an important source of knowledge and information that will be taken into account in the public diplomacy strategy that we are currently working on,” he said.
Dzhaparova added that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, together with the Ukrainian Institute, began an investigation in seven countries (France, Germany, Hungary, Poland, the United States, Turkey and Japan) on the attitude and expectations of foreign audiences towards Ukrainian culture and opportunities for cooperation in the field of culture.
