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BRUSSELS – The rise in costs and the price of dwelling, in addition to the state of the economic system, had been the primary incentives for European residents to vote within the European Parliament elections, in line with a Eurobarometer survey carried out after the elections in June.
As many as 42 % of the surveyed residents said that the rise in costs and the price of dwelling had been the primary incentives for his or her turnout within the elections. Only one proportion level much less, 41 % of respondents cited the state of the economic system as the primary incentive for voting.
Amongst Croatian residents, that is much more pronounced: 56 % of respondents cited the rise in costs and the price of dwelling as the primary incentive, and 55 % cited the state of the economic system.
Then again, for Germans, the primary motive for going to the polls was the difficulty of migration and asylum, for Swedes, Danes, Dutch, and Maltese, the highest challenge was the atmosphere and local weather change, in Lithuania and Latvia crucial motive was the difficulty of protection, and in Finland, Estonia, and Luxembourg the worldwide scenario.
In third place, 37 %, amongst Croatian residents had been social safety and entry to healthcare.
When requested to say the primary the reason why individuals assume our nation advantages from EU membership, the primary motive for Croatian residents is the brand new job alternatives introduced by EU membership (51 % of respondents). On the EU stage, this motive was talked about by 24 % of respondents.
In second place for Croatian residents (33 %) is the truth that the EU improves the usual of dwelling, in third place (31 %) is that the EU contributes to the nation’s financial development.
The survey outcomes additionally present that residents are optimistic about the way forward for the EU (65 %) and nonetheless have a constructive picture of the Union (48 % of respondents emphasize a constructive notion, whereas solely 16 % have a damaging notion).
In Portugal, even 70 % of respondents have a constructive notion of the EU, and France is the one member nation the place a damaging picture prevails, with even 29 % of the French having a damaging notion of the EU.
Nearly half of Croatian residents (49 % of respondents) have a constructive picture of the European Parliament, and 37 % answered that they’re impartial on this challenge.
Seven out of ten respondents (70 %) emphasize that their nation has benefited from the European Union, and this determine has been steady for a number of years.
In Croatia, assist for the Union is above the European common. As many as 56 % of residents have an general constructive picture, and solely 10 % have a damaging picture. Probably the most pronounced constructive angle (62 %) is among the many age group of 25 to 39 years. (October 3, 2024)
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