Serbs in favor of EU accession?

This is shown by a new public opinion survey conducted by the Ministry for European Integration.
If a referendum were held tomorrow with the question "Do you support Serbia's accession in the EU?", 43 percent of Serbian citizens would vote in favor of it, 32 percent against, while 13 percent would not vote at all, and 12 do not know how they would answer that question. This is the result of the latest public opinion survey "European Orientation of the Citizens of Serbia".
Two-thirds of respondents (65 percent) believe that the reforms necessary for our country's entry into the EU should be implemented, for the benefit of the citizens and the creation of a better Serbia.
When asked about non-reimbursed development aid to Serbia from 2000 to today, 28 percent of respondents recognized that the EU is the largest donor, followed by China, Russia and Norway.
A third of the respondents are aware of the fact that projects funded by the EU are being implemented in Serbia, and that percentage is even higher in border areas, where 48 percent of respondents know that cross-border cooperation projects are being implemented in their areas. More than 80 percent of them fully or partially agree to see concrete results of the implementation of these projects financed from EU funds.
According to 38 percent of the survey participants, both the state and they personally would benefit from Serbia's membership in the EU.
According to the opinion of 35 percent of respondents, large companies, industry, small and medium-sized enterprises would benefit the most, followed by health (11 percent), education (10 percent), and the judiciary and social protection (seven percent each).
On the other hand, 21 percent of citizens think that domestic...

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