Although an absolute majority of Ukrainians support joining both the EU and NATO, membership in the North Atlantic Alliance is considered a higher priority.
These are the findings of a poll by KMIS.
54% of Ukrainians believe that membership in NATO is a higher priority at the moment. They prefer EU membership – 24%.
The rest of the respondents either answered ‘neither’ or could not answer at all. Moreover, in all regions, there are more people who prioritize NATO over the EU.
As noted by Deputy Director of KMIS, Anton Hrushevskyi, the poll results quite predictably show the priority for Ukraine of ensuring security and economic development, which are the main drivers of Eurointegration support. At the same time, the prioritization between the EU and NATO indicates that security is still the top factor (and according to other data, we see that over the past year, there has been a significant increase in the unequivocal insistence on NATO accession).
BACKGROUND: The Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KMIS) conducted its own poll from September 29 to October 9, 2023, among 1010 respondents. The survey was not conducted in the territory of Crimea and Donbas, which are occupied by Russia, as well as among citizens who left the country after February 24, 2022.
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