Croatian citizens most in favour of EU enlargement to Bosnia and Herzegovina

(Patria) - Most Croatian citizens support further EU enlargement, with the highest support for the accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina, according to the results of a special Eurobarometer on enlargement.

As many as 61 percent of respondents in Croatia support further enlargement (at the EU level 56 percent), believe that candidate countries should join the EU after meeting the necessary conditions, and consider it beneficial for their own country.

The highest support for further enlargement was recorded in Sweden (78 percent), Denmark (75 percent) and Lithuania (74 percent).

The least inclined to enlargement are the French and Czechs (43 percent each), Austrians (45 percent) and Germans (49 percent).

Croatian citizens are most in favour of enlargement to Bosnia and Herzegovina - 74 percent of respondents (at the EU level 48 percent).

After Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatian citizens most support the accession of Montenegro (69 percent), followed by Ukraine (66 percent) and Kosovo (62 percent). The least support among Croatian citizens is for Serbia (51 percent).

At the EU level, the highest support is for Ukraine (52 percent) and Montenegro (51 percent).

The survey was conducted between February and June this year, through face-to-face interviews in member states, candidate countries and potential candidate countries.

Among candidate countries, the highest support for EU membership is shown by citizens of Albania (91 percent), followed by North Macedonia (69 percent). The lowest support for EU membership was recorded in Serbia (33 percent).

When it comes to Eastern Europe, the highest support for EU membership was recorded in Georgia (74 percent), where a pro-Russian party is in power, and in Ukraine (68 percent).

The European Union has the most positive image in Albania (82 percent), and the weakest in Serbia, where 38 percent of respondents have a positive view of the EU.

In Ukraine, 49 percent of respondents have a positive view of the EU, in Moldova 55 percent, and in Georgia 43 percent.

Interestingly, 49.9 percent of respondents in Turkey support their country's EU membership, while 50.7 percent have a positive view of the EU.