Most EU countries surveyed also opposed increasing their defense spending for Ukraine.
While the majority of Ukrainians believe Kyiv will prevail in its war with invading Russia n forces, Europeans are more skeptical,The survey, published on Wednesday — days out from the July 9-11 NATO summit in Washington — mapped attitudes to the conflict in Ukraine and 14 EU countries. The fieldwork was undertaken in May.
The study also found considerable differences of opinion among EU countries on how to support the defense of Ukraine and on Kyiv’s EU and NATO accession. On defense spending, the data showed that most countries are against increasing their contributions — the exceptions being Poland , Estonia , Sweden and Germany .
Only in Bulgaria, Greece and Italy does the majority of the population — 63 percent, 54 percent and 53 percent, respectively — think increasing the supply of ammunition and weapons to Ukraine is a “bad idea."Europeans are also divided on the benefits of admitting Ukraine to the EU. The most supportive countries are Portugal, Estonia, Sweden, Spain and Poland, while the most skeptical are Germany, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and France.
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