Perception of Ukraine in the EU: analysis of the public opinion of the EU Member States on Ukraine’s EU membership
Perception of Ukraine in the EU: analysis of the public opinion of the EU Member States on Ukraine’s EU membership

Author(s): Ondrej Marchevský
Subject(s): International relations/trade, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: Prešovská univerzita v Prešove, Filozofická fakulta, Inštitút politológie
Keywords: Ukraine’s EU membership; Perception of Ukraine in the EU;
Summary/Abstract: In order to convey a view on the situation in the relationship between Ukraine, Slovakia and the European Union as comprehensibly as possible, this text analyses trends in the development of public attitudes particularly among EU Member States towards the question of the possible future membership of Ukraine in the European Union. In this analysis25, we are referring to various cyclic (longitudinal) public opinion polls that were conducted in EU Member States, but also in some selected non-EU countries, in the period between 28th February 1996 and 11th November 2010 by the European Commission as part of Eurobarometer surveys. They included the question concerning public opinion in EU Member States, including in some non-EU countries, on the membership of Ukraine in the European Union. The respondents were asked to respond to the following question: Are you in favour or not of Ukraine becoming part of the European Union in the future?

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