Poll: 47% of EU Citizens Back Ukraine's Rapid Accession to the Union
A Bertelsmann Foundation poll shows that 47% of European Union citizens support Ukraine joining the EU in the coming years. Some 53% oppose its accession within such a timeframe.
A poll by the Bertelsmann Foundation has found that 47% of citizens of the European Union support Ukraine joining the bloc in the next few years. Meanwhile, 53% of respondents oppose Ukraine's admission to the EU within that timeframe.
What the results show
The data suggest that opinion across the EU is split almost evenly on the question of Ukraine's rapid accession, with a slight majority against such a scenario. The gap between the two groups is six percentage points.
It is worth noting that the question concerns the timing of membership: the 53% object not to Ukraine's membership of the EU as such, but to its admission in the coming years.
The source does not provide details on the poll's methodology, the number of respondents or results for individual countries, so the figures give only a general picture of sentiment across the union as a whole.
