Wednesday, October 11 2017 14:45

ArmInfo.76% of Armenian  citizens who took part in the EU Neighbors survey positively assessed  the RA-EU relations.

As stated in the program message, this percentage is much higher than  the average for the region (61%).  Meanwhile, from the results of the  annual EDB Integration Barometer conducted in 2016, it follows that  Armenia has the lowest indicators of support for Eurasian  integration. If in 2013, when the country officially joined the EAE,  67% of the population treated it positively and only 5% - negative,  then in 2014 the ratio of positive attitude dropped to 64%, and the  negative ratio increased to 8%. In 2015, already 10% of the Armenian  population had a negative attitude towards the EEA, and positively  56%, in 2016, the positive attitude towards Eurasian integration in  the country fell sharply to 46%, and the negative - to 15%.  In 2017,  48% of Armenians have a positive opinion of the EU, compared with 44%  in 2016. The number of people with negative opinions about the EU  decreased to 5%.

65% of people in Armenia trust the EU, 56% trust the UN, 50% - the  NATO, 35% - NATO. Meanwhile, the proportion of those who do not know  or have no opinion on the EU has grown slightly from 7% in 2016 to  10% in 2017. About 40% of Armenian citizens believe that the Russian  Federation renders the country more financial support than the EU, a  quarter of the population of the Republic of Armenia believes that  the IMF / WB also provides more financial support to the country than  the EU. In addition, the survey shows that Armenians do not have much  confidence in national, regional and local institutions. 24% of  Armenians consider political parties the least reliable institutions,  and slightly less than a third of citizens (31%) trust religious  authorities.

The goal of annual surveys is to study the opinion and level of  awareness of the citizens of the Eastern Partnership countries about  the EU.