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EU FELT IMPORTANT PARTNER BY 85% OF ARMENIANS
Armenians overwhelmingly feel that the European Union is an important
partner of their country, and would like it to play an even greater
role in their country, across a range of areas. This is one of the
key findings of the recently released Autumn 2012 EU Neighbourhood
Barometer for Armenia, conducted in the framework of an EU-funded
opinion polling project for the Neighbourhood, ENPI Info Center's
website informs.
The survey, based on 1,003 interviews conducted in November-December
2012, finds that 86% of Armenians feel the EU is an important partner,
with 73% believing the EU and Armenia share sufficient common values
to be able to cooperate - much higher than the average for the ENPI
East region.
Almost all those asked (85%) wanted a greater EU role in economic
development, 87% in trade, 84% in human rights, 74% in democracy,
and 78% in regional cooperation - consistently more than the average
across the region.
The poll found that 63% of Armenians trusted the EU - slightly less
than they trusted the UN (68%), but more than NATO (48%), and more
than they trust their own government (52%), Parliament (38%) or
political parties (37%).
Eighty-one per cent of respondents felt the EU had good relations
with Armenia, against just 13% who felt they were bad.
Armenians questioned in the poll were generally optimistic about
their lives - more so than other countries in the region - with 67%
satisfied with the life they lead, and the degree of satisfaction
rising the younger and more educated respondents were.
However, respondents were less optimistic regarding the direction in
which the country was going: just 23% of those asked felt Armenia was
going in the right direction, against 61% who thought it was heading
the wrong way. Another 72% thought the economic situation was bad,
and 31% thought it would get worse in the coming year. Only 38%
of those asked were satisfied with the way democracy works in Armenia.
http://www.enpi-info.eu/eastportal/news/latest/32838/Most-Armenians-want-greater-EU-role,-poll-finds
18:40 25/04/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index.php/eng/0/society/view/29726
Armenians overwhelmingly feel that the European Union is an important
partner of their country, and would like it to play an even greater
role in their country, across a range of areas. This is one of the
key findings of the recently released Autumn 2012 EU Neighbourhood
Barometer for Armenia, conducted in the framework of an EU-funded
opinion polling project for the Neighbourhood, ENPI Info Center's
website informs.
The survey, based on 1,003 interviews conducted in November-December
2012, finds that 86% of Armenians feel the EU is an important partner,
with 73% believing the EU and Armenia share sufficient common values
to be able to cooperate - much higher than the average for the ENPI
East region.
Almost all those asked (85%) wanted a greater EU role in economic
development, 87% in trade, 84% in human rights, 74% in democracy,
and 78% in regional cooperation - consistently more than the average
across the region.
The poll found that 63% of Armenians trusted the EU - slightly less
than they trusted the UN (68%), but more than NATO (48%), and more
than they trust their own government (52%), Parliament (38%) or
political parties (37%).
Eighty-one per cent of respondents felt the EU had good relations
with Armenia, against just 13% who felt they were bad.
Armenians questioned in the poll were generally optimistic about
their lives - more so than other countries in the region - with 67%
satisfied with the life they lead, and the degree of satisfaction
rising the younger and more educated respondents were.
However, respondents were less optimistic regarding the direction in
which the country was going: just 23% of those asked felt Armenia was
going in the right direction, against 61% who thought it was heading
the wrong way. Another 72% thought the economic situation was bad,
and 31% thought it would get worse in the coming year. Only 38%
of those asked were satisfied with the way democracy works in Armenia.
http://www.enpi-info.eu/eastportal/news/latest/32838/Most-Armenians-want-greater-EU-role,-poll-finds
18:40 25/04/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index.php/eng/0/society/view/29726