Perceptions of the European Union in Eastern Partnership Countries

EU NEIGHBOURS Perceptions of the European Union east in Eastern Partnership Countries

Do you have a positive, neutral or negative view of the European Union?

REGIONAL PICTURE TOP VALUES ASSOCIATED WITH THE EU Democracy, Human Rights and the Rule of Law Economic Prosperity 45% Freedom

POSITIVE VIEWS ARE 32% Positive ASSOCIATED WITH 13% Democracy Neutral Freedom 10% Negative Peace and Security Don’t know or never heard of EU Quality of Life COUNTRY-SPECIFIC PICTURE (%)

52 52 49 NEGATIVE VIEWS ARE 44 46 46 ASSOCIATED WITH

36 37 Don’t know 32 Indifference towards the EaP countries 31 30 27 Selfish interests

16 16 13 13 14 11 9 7 NEUTRAL VIEWS ARE 8 5 4 2 ASSOCIATED WITH Don’t know Lack of information Lack of interest Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Georgia Moldova Ukraine

How would you describe relations Trust in international institutions between the EU and your country?

The European Don’t Union 56% know No relations The United Nations 44%

Bad NATO Good 36% 63% of trust Percentage The Eurasian Economic 24% Union

EU NEIGHBOURS east The Annual Survey was carried out in Armenia, The surveys have been Annual Survey - Full Study Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine carried out by ACT LLC and in April-June 2016, via 6000 face-to-face euneighbours.eu their network partners This project is implemented by This project is funded by interviews (1000 per country). #euneighbours an Ecorys-led Consortium the European Union EU NEIGHBOURS Awareness and Effectiveness of EU Support east in Eastern Partnership Countries

Does the European Union provide your country with To what extent would you say your country has financial support for cooperation programmes? benefited from current EU support?

The EU has contributed the most to the following sectors in my country

No Greater More tourism consumer choice Yes 41% of people are well 39% aware of EU financial support Dont know

Increased Better trade education 34% 29% How effective do you think the support has been? (%)

Effective Percentage based on number of ‘very much’ or ‘fairly’ answers 43% of EaP regional citizens believe the support is effective. Not effective Don’t know The EU has contributed the least to the following 6 sectors in my country

62 56 59 5 52 Less More corruption employment 45 opportunities 35 50% 32 33 34 45%

13 12 11 8 9 3 3 Better Improved justice agricultural 43% production 38%

Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Georgia Moldova Ukraine

Percentages based on citizens aware of EU’s financial support (per country). Percentage based on number of ‘not at all’ answers

Would you say the following international institutions provide more, the same or less financial support to your country than the European Union?

14% 10% 42% The Institution supports

Russian Federation less than the EU The Institution supports the same or 32% 25% 13% more than the EU The International Monetary Fund & The World Bank

9% 25% 28%

More United Nations The same One third of EaP citizens did not know the answer Less 15% 30% 26% to the question United States

EU NEIGHBOURS east The Annual Survey was carried out in Armenia, The surveys have been Annual Survey - Full Study Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine carried out by ACT LLC and in April-June 2016, via 6000 face-to-face euneighbours.eu their network partners This project is implemented by This project is funded by interviews (1000 per country). #euneighbours an Ecorys-led Consortium the European Union EU NEIGHBOURS Sources of Information on the EU east in Eastern Partnership Countries

Have you seen or heard any information about the EU in last three months?

Yes No

Armenia 51% 49% of people have seen or heard about the EU in the last 3 months Azerbaijan 48% 52%

Yes Belarus 58% 42%

Georgia 4% 53%

Moldova 80% 20%

Ukraine 8% 22% No

Where or from whom did you hear information Most reliable source of news for political matters about the EU?

Other Internet Public TV Dont know (blogs, websites) Channels

TELEVISION SOCIAL MEDIA FRIENDS 81% 25% 18% 16% 31% 15% 11% 2%

Online Social NEWSPAPERS WEBSITES RADIO Media 14% 12% 8% Private TV Channels How often do you look for / access information Accessibility of information on the EU on the EU?

1% 8% 4 out of 5 citizens succeed 9 out of 10 citizens Very Frequently in finding the information find EU-related Frequently they are looking for information accessible 4 out of 5 citizens find the information user-friendly 6 out of 10 citizens look for EU-related news in 29% their native language, Not Very 27% in Russian while Frequently only 8% look for them 62% in English Never

Figures based on people who frequently look for information on the EU