Poll: over 50% of respondents believe in Armenia`s admission to EU in  near future 

ArmInfo. More than half of respondents in Armenia believe that Armenia will join the European Union in the next ten years. This is evidenced by the results of a survey conducted by the consulting company MPG.

Thus, according to the survey, 51% of respondents believe that  Armenia will join the European Union in the next ten years, 40% do  not believe, and another 9% found it difficult to answer.

At the same time, when asked how they feel about the draft law on  European integration, approved by the Armenian government on January  9, 23% of respondents answered that they are completely positive,  31.9% - rather positive, 12% - rather negative, 19.3% - completely  negative, and another 13.8% found it difficult to answer this  question.

When asked to express their attitude towards the Charter on Strategic  Partnership with the United States signed by Armenia on January 14,  27.2% of respondents answered completely positively, 34.5% - rather  positively, 13.1% - rather negatively and 10.9% - completely  negatively, another 14.3% found it difficult to answer this question.

When asked how the process of European integration and the signing of  the Charter on Strategic Partnership with the United States will  affect Armenia, 24.2% of respondents answered that this will create  additional risks for the Republic, 10% - will create additional  economic risks, 18.6% - will create new economic opportunities, 27% -  expressed confidence that this will increase the country's security.

According to the survey, another 18.5% found it difficult to answer  this question, and another 1.7% gave a different answer.

The survey was conducted through telephone calls to residents of the  Republic of Armenia from January 20 to 22 of this year, the sample  size was 1,100, the sampling error is +/- 3%.

In 2011, MPG became the official representative in Armenia of the  Gallup International Association - one of the most prestigious and  independent public opinion research organizations in the world. Since  2003, MPG, working in the market of sociological and marketing  research, has implemented more than 800 projects of various scales.