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Eurobarometer: 46% of EU nationals support further EU enlargement

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BRUSSELS, Dec 25 (Hina) - A vast majority of EU nationals support the continuation of EU enlargement, but the average support remains below 50 percent due to a very low support in old EU member-countries, according to the latest Eurobarometer survey published in Brussels last Monday.
BRUSSELS, Dec 25 (Hina) - A vast majority of EU nationals support the continuation of EU enlargement, but the average support remains below 50 percent due to a very low support in old EU member-countries, according to the latest Eurobarometer survey published in Brussels last Monday.

Forty-six percent of EU nationals support further EU enlargement, and 42% oppose it.

As for results for individual countries, there is a huge difference in the opinion of citizens from ten new EU members and the nationals of 15 old member countries.

Support for EU enlargement is greatest among Polish nationals (76%), Slovenes (74%), and Greeks (71%).

Apart from Greece, only three other old EU members have offered more than 50 percent support for EU enlargement - Portugal (54%), Sweden (53%) and Spain (51%).

Of the new members, support was lowest in Estonia (59%).

The lowest support rates were reported in Germany (30%), Austria (31%), Luxembourg (32%), France (34%), and Great Britain (36%).

The deepest plunge in support for EU enlargement in relation to spring this year was reported in Great Britain (8%).

The highest increase in support was reported in Greece (15%) and Slovakia (11%).

Sixty-four percent of Croatians support the continuation of EU enlargement, the same percentage as in the previous EU Barometer.

In Turkey, support for further EU enlargement rose by five percent to 50%.

Great differences in support were reported with regard to respondents' education and age. Fifty-nine percent of students support EU enlargement, while support among people who ended their education at the age of 15 or earlier is 35 percent.

Fifty-eight percent of young people aged between 14 and 24 support EU enlargement, while support among people older than 55 is 38%.

Eurobarometer surveys are conducted twice a year. The latest, 66th survey, was conducted between September 6 and October 10, 2006 in all 25 EU member-countries, the two accession countries - Bulgaria and Romania, and the two negotiating candidates, Croatia and Turkey.

The survey focuses on the opinion climate, economy and employment, the European political union, enlargement, and the values of European citizens.

The survey results for Croatia show that satisfaction with living conditions has continued to grow, and that the fear of unemployment has continued to weaken. Trust in the EU and support for European policy and Croatia's membership of the EU are on decline.

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