Most Ukrainians would support Ukraine’s accession to the EU and NATO in a referendum, the poll says

The vast majority of Ukrainians polled would support Ukraine's accession to both the European Union and NATO in the event of a referendum. There are more supporters of joining the EU.

This is evidenced by the results of a survey conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) on December 13-16.

In the case of a referendum on joining the EU, 67.1% of all respondents would vote "yes," 21.6% would vote "no."

The rest of the respondents wouldn't have voted or made a choice. Sociologists emphasize that usually both of these categories don't end up taking part in referendums. Thus, among those who would take part in the referendum, 75.7% would support joining the EU.

In the event of a referendum on joining NATO, 59.2% of all respondents would vote "yes" and 28.1% would vote "no." Thus, among those who would come to vote, 67.8% would support joining NATO.

The vast majority of people in western and central Ukraine support both EU and NATO accession. In the south and east, support for Euro-Atlantic integration is lower.

At the same time, in the case of joining the EU, a majority in the south and east in a referendum would support such a decision, and in the case of joining NATO, the votes "for" and "against" would be divided almost equally.

Note

Sociologists conducted it using computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI) based on a random sample of mobile phone numbers. A total of 1,203 adults living in all regions of Ukraine, except for the temporarily occupied Crimea and Donbas, were interviewed.

Statistical sampling error (with a probability of 0.95 and taking into account the design effect of 1.1) doesn't exceed 3.2% for indicators close to 50%, 2.7% for indicators close to 25%, 2.1% for indicators close to 12%, 1.4% for indicators close to 5%.