If a referendum was held now, 55 percent of Serbian nationals would say yes to the country’s European Union membership, a Ministry for European Integration’s survey published on Tuesday said, the Beta news agency reported.
The survey following the Euro-barometer standards covered 1,050 respondents older than 18 years of age, showed that all positive perceptions of the EU were on the rise.
It showed that 18 percent of the polled saw the EU membership as a road to a better future for the young people, 16 percent believed it would provide better chance for employment, 15 percent pointed out the freedom of movement within the EU, and 11 percent said it would enable the improvement of the general situation in the country.
The percentage of those who linked the EU to a better life, higher living standard, wealth and travels doubled to 21 percent compared to June 2017 when only 10 percent saw those benefits from the bloc’s membership.
