ZAGREB, May 9 (Hina) - A survey of public opinion conducted this year with 1473 interviewees from all Croatian regions showed that the majority of Croats were pro-Europe oriented and that a skepticism and phobia of Europe were not
dominant in Croatian society.
ZAGREB, May 9 (Hina) - A survey of public opinion conducted this
year with 1473 interviewees from all Croatian regions showed that
the majority of Croats were pro-Europe oriented and that a
skepticism and phobia of Europe were not dominant in Croatian
society. #L#
The survey is conducted every three months by "Privredni
Vjesnik" and "Studio Weber" for the Croatian Chamber of Commerce.
In answer to the question about the period of time in which Croatia
should make a bid to be admitted into the European Union, this
year's survey showed that 64 per cent of interviewees thought
Croatia should make its bid now. Three per cent thought Croatia
should not make such a bid, 26 per cent thought that it should
happen within five years, while seven per cent were for a period of
ten years.
According to the survey, those who think that Croatia should
not make a bid to be admitted into the European Union, or should do
it in due time, can be divided into two groups, according to the
reasons they gave. The first are the Croatian "autochtonists" who
think that by being admitted into the European Union Croatia would
lose a part of its state, national and moral individuality. The
other group is that of the "Euro-realists", who think that Croatia
does not fulfill all European political, democratic and economic
standards.
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