58% of Ukrainians Support Ukraine’s Joining the EU

More than half of Ukrainian citizens support the idea of the state to join the European Union and are ready to vote for it in a referendum.

Such information was published by the SOCIS Center and Razumkov Center based on the results of a survey.

It is reported that 57.9 % of respondents would vote for joining the EU, 26.9 % were “against” it. At the same time, 5.8% of respondents stated that they would not take part in such a referendum.

At the same time, 47.7 % of respondents are ready to support the idea of Ukraine’s accession to NATO in a referendum, while 32.8% are against it. 6.5 % of respondents would not take part in the referendum.

The survey was conducted in the period from 21 to 28 July 2020 by the method of a standardised, face-to-face interview at the place of residence of the respondents.

The results represent the adult population of Ukraine as a whole (over 18 years old) without considering the uncontrolled territories of Crimea, parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. A total of 4,000 respondents over the age of 18 were interviewed.

Bohdan Marusyak