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Three out of four EU citizens back European support for Ukraine

MADRID, 14 Dic.

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Three out of four EU citizens back European support for Ukraine

MADRID, 14 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) -

Almost three out of four EU citizens agree with the bloc helping Ukraine to deal with the consequences of the Russian invasion, according to a Eurobarometer that broadly reflects a level of majority support for the latter's European mobilization months.

The majority of respondents from all Member States are in favor of support, with figures that in the case of Spain are around 80 percent. Only in four countries - Bulgaria, Cyprus, Slovakia and Greece - the data remains below 50 percent, according to the survey carried out between October 12 and November 7.

In the case of the specific measures adopted by the EU, from sanctions to military aid, these continue to have the support of 73 percent of Europeans --six points more in Spain--. All this in a context in which almost two out of three Europeans assume that their lives have changed as a result of the war that began more than nine months ago.

The president of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, has advocated "solidarity" and "unity" as a response to the Russian "terror". Ukrainians can count on the strong support of the European Parliament", Metsola pointed out, deploring the "terrible human suffering" and the "trail of mass destruction" left by the conflict.

72 percent of the people surveyed consider that belonging to the EU is beneficial for their country, a figure that rises to 81 percent in the case of Spain and that is the majority in all member states. The lowest figure corresponds to Austria, with 55 percent.

Maintaining peace and strengthening security is one of the main reasons given by the citizens interviewed, ahead of cooperation between EU countries and the bloc's contribution to economic growth.

When asked what are the values ​​that the European Parliament should defend as a priority, the most mentioned is democracy (36 percent), followed by the protection of Human Rights in the EU and throughout the world (29 percent). ) and freedom of expression and conscience (28 percent)

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