The hope amongst Albanians that they are on the right path toward joining the EU has increased. 

Asked by Barometer on Euronews Albania if they expect Albania to become part of the EU in the next 5 years, compared to 2021 when only 16.4% of Albanians believed this to be the cast, in 2022 a staggering 35.9% believe the statement to be true, i.e. 19.5% more than a year before.

Those who think that we will join the EU in the next 10 years also presented a slight increase, from 29.3% in 2021 to 32.2%.

In addition, those who think that we will join the EU in the next 15 years showed a very small increase, from 13.8% in 2021 to 14% this year, i.e. a 0.2% increase.

On the other hand, the number of pessimists has decreased.

Those who thought that our country will need more than 15 years to join the EU, from 14.1% in 2021 have now gone down to 9.5% in 2022.

In drastic contrast, there are also those who think that the doors of the EU will never be opened for us. From 23.6% who believed this to be true in 2021, this year, only 3.5% believe this to be the case, a decrease of a staggering 20.1%.

53.3% of Albanians think that our country is now closer to EU membership, 20.7% think that it is further and 20.3% think that there is no difference compared to last year.

When we give these opinions a political overtone, it turns out that of those who think that membership is closer, 73.7% are SP voters, and 31.2% are DP voters.

Among those who think we are further away, 9% are SP voters, and 38.9% are DP voters.

While among those who think the same, 16.1% vote left, and 24.4% vote right.

Albanians are pro-European and this is confirmed by the figures shown in this survey, as 95.9% of Albanians support our country’s membership in the EU, while only 0.5% do not.

For 95.7% of Albanians, EU membership is very important, while for only 0.4% it is not important.