Poll: the Germans, the French and the British are not ready for accession, Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine in EU

The overwhelming number of people in Germany and About half of those in the UK and France have a negative attitude to the prospect of joining Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine into the European Union shall inform the Data of the survey conducted by the Agency ICM Research.
Most are not ready for enlargement by the Germans. To the question: " I Support you or not accepting new members such As Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova, the EU?" - " support " stated only About 1% of respondents. Another 21% said rather, support, And 71% uproshenia answered in the negative, RIA " Novosti ". The results of the opinion poll in France and the UK showed that in these countries the number optimistic in the enlargement of the European Union is More: in both countries " for " spoke About 38% of the respondents. However, Even More uproshenia - 47% of French and 45% of residents of the UK did not Support the prospect of European integration of former Soviet republics. Some of the Europeans have not Yet decided on its own position: in Germany " difficult to answer " About 6%, in France - 15%, UK - 17%. The survey data also showed that in the UK the main supporters of EU enlargement are young people aged 18-24 years - 53% of them voted " for ". About one third of respondents authorized British youth until undecided (31% were " difficult to answer " ). British people over 65 years of age were conservatives: 62% of them would like To be in the EU appeared 3 fresh country. Supported the expansion of the EU only 25% of the authorized this age category. As in the UK, the youth 16-24 years in France more often supports the accession of new members to the EU positively to this possibility reacted 55% uproshenia. The French are over 55 years of age, on the contrary, more often opposes the entry - 60% answered in the negative. Differences are observed when comparing results depending on the social status of the respondents. So, in the UK heads and professionals of the highest level much more often support the accession of new members than people Usually - 44% to 38%. Unemployed, pensioners and workers, for their part, are more often against joining (56% vs. 45% Usually around the country). The polls were conducted by ICM Research c eleven on 24 July 2014 in France, UK and Germany. The sample was 3007 people (1000 in the UK, 1006 in Germany, 1001, France) at the age of 16 (over 18 UK) years. The sample for each country represents the population by sex, age and geography. Recall, in March, more than fifty percent of the inhabitants of France and Germany were against Ukraine's accession to the European Union. However, in July the media stated that the European Commission does not plan to grant Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine's prospects of EU membership. Remember, Moldova and Georgia at the end of June in Brussels signed with the EU Association agreement providing for joining the free trade area of the European Union. At the same time the EU and Ukraine signed the economic part of the agreement. Political chapeau was signed new Ukrainian authorities in March, right after the February coup d'etat. To the treaties entered into force, are required to ratify the national parliaments of the EU countries And the European Parliament.


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