Poll: Over 70% of Georgians would approve of their country joining EU, NATO

By Interfax-Ukraine.

Published Aug. 12, 2021 at 4:48 pm

This handout pictured released by Georgia's President Press service on July 19, 2021 shows (L-R) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Moldovan President Maia Sandu, Georgia's President Salome Zurabishvili, Georgia's Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and European Council chief Charles Michel posing before the start of a summit in Georgia's Black Sea city of Batumi. The leaders of Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine on July 19 were set to hold a summit with European Council chief Charles Michel as the ex-Soviet republics jointly pursue EU membership bids. Seeking to slide out from under Moscow's orbit, the eastern European nations set up the Associated Trio diplomatic format in May, seeking to harness their efforts and jointly advance their EU membership aspirations.

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Seventy-six percent of Georgian citizens would approve of their country’s accession to the European Union, according to the results of a public opinion survey conducted for the U.S.-based National Democratic Institute and published on August 12.

Another 11% of those polled described Georgia’s possible entry into the EU as unacceptable, and another 13% of respondents could not answer the question.

Simultaneously, 74% of respondents said they would approve of Georgia’s accession to NATO, while 11% took the opposite view.

The public opinion survey was conducted between July 13 and July 25 via telephone interviews and involved 2,016 people.