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(Source: Euronews) Ukraine is the favorite EU accession candidate for European voters, an exclusive IPSOS/Euronews poll shows, but the bloc’s expansion is not one of the top priorities of citizens ahead of EU elections in June 2024.
Forty-five percent of EU voters favor Ukraine’s accession, while 35% are openly against it and another 20% are unsure, according to Euronews/Ipsos polling of 26,000 respondents in 18 member states.
The war-torn country and neighboring Moldova applied for EU membership within weeks of Russia launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in late February 2024, earning candidate status in record time. EU leaders have also since agreed to open negotiations.
Before the war, the prospect of Ukraine becoming a member of the bloc was considered unlikely, as other Western Balkan countries had failed in their own candidacy for years.