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2017 Public Opinion Poll about the European Union in Azerbaijan

06.10.2017

The EU-funded ‘EU NEIGHBOURS east’ project has conducted an opinion survey in Azerbaijan, based upon face-to-face interviews among a representative sample of 1,000 people. Here below are the key findings – more details may be found in the factsheets and report at the links below.

Main findings

  • Pro-EU feelings have risen in Azerbaijan - 47% of Azerbaijanis have a positive image of the EU.
  • 68% of Azerbaijanis feel relations with the European Union are good, well ahead of the regional average of 61%.
  • More than half of Azerbaijanis (51%) trust the EU, compared to the United Nations (35%), the Eurasian Economic Union (26%) and NATO (32%).
  • 33% of Azerbaijanis are aware of the EU’s financial support to the country, 65% of those felt it was effective (compared to a regional average of 53%).

Links

Azerbaijan Report 2017: https://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/azerbaijan/33463/2017-public-opinion-poll-about-european-union-azerbaijan_en

& Factsheets 2017: http://www.euneighbours.eu/en/east/stay-informed/publications/opinion-survey-2017-azerbaijan  

Regional overview (all EaP countries): http://www.euneighbours.eu/en/east/stay-informed/publications/opinion-survey-2017-regional-overview

Background

The opinion polling was carried out by the ‘EU NEIGHBOURS east’ project in March to May 2017 in all six countries of the Eastern Partnership – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine. The annual surveys are now into their second year, with the first wave having been carried out in 2016.

Category
Press releases
Location

Baku

Editorial sections
Azerbaijan