The survey conducted between 7 and 17 November 2015, shows that the positive attitude towards the EU prevailed in 11 member-states, while the previous survey conducted in the spring showed the prevailing positive attitude in 15 member-states.
Broken down by the country, the most positive image of the EU was in Romania (57%), Poland, 55%, Ireland 54% , Lithuania 53% and Croatia, 51%.
A neutral attitude prevailed in fifteen member-states, according to the November survey, which was five more than in the survey conducted in the spring.
The EU was mainly negatively perceived in Cyprus, with only 22% of Cypriots having a positive attitude an, in Austria where 23% of respondents showed a positive attitude.
As for immigration, as many as 58% of those polled across the EU found this issue most important, 20% more than in the spring opinion poll.
Terrorism is the second biggest worry, and 25% of the respondents found this issue the most worrisome, up by 8% from the previous study.
The economic state of affairs is the third biggest worry according to the latest survey.
In Croatia alone, 61% of the respondents are mostly worried by unemployment, and 31% by the overall economic situation, while 26% find the public debt the most worrisome, and 19% cite inflation and rising living costs, whereas 11% of Craotian respondents find immigration the biggest concern.
Across the EU, 40 % of respondents describe the economic situation in their respective countries as good, and 57% as poor.