A slippery slope

A recent survey conducted by TNS Sofres for Yalta European Strategy, an advocacy group supporting Ukranian membership of the EU, shows support for Ukrainian membership in the Union is slipping.

While a majority of citizens (51 percent) in the six largest EU member states (Germany, France, the UK, Italy, Spain and Poland) still support Ukrainian membership, fewer share that view than did in March, when the figure was 55 percent. Support between March and November for all other potential members, such as Turkey, Russia, and Morocco, all dropped by similar margins.

Support for Ukrainian membership in the Union was strongest in Poland (64 percent) and weakest in Germany (40 percent). Interestingly, in both March and November, more EU citizens favored the entry of Russia to the bloc over Turkey.