{"id":34007,"date":"2022-04-06T18:05:18","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T16:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=34007"},"modified":"2022-04-06T22:41:09","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T20:41:09","slug":"french-and-germans-oppose-albanias-eu-accession-poll-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/french-and-germans-oppose-albanias-eu-accession-poll-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"French and Germans oppose Albania\u2019s EU accession, poll finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On February 28, Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelenskii signed the country\u2019s official application to join the European Union.<\/p>\n<p>After the Russian invasion, Zelenskii called to speed up the accession process, even proposing a \u2018new special procedure\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>On the same day, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen declared that Ukraine \u2018is one of us and we want them as part of the EU\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>However, Ukraine is still waiting for the official candidate status, a process that might require a long time ahead.<\/p>\n<p>According to the<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.cdn.yougov.com\/96kojzktq9\/YouGov%20-%20Ukraine%20EU%20membership.pdf\"> latest YouGov Poll<\/a><\/strong>, Germany, France, Spain, and Italy said that they were in favor of Ukraine joining the union.<\/p>\n<p>42%-60% of the citizens from these countries said that Ukraine \u2018should be allowed to become a member\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Ukraine-EU-membership-support-table-net-01.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34009\" src=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Ukraine-EU-membership-support-table-net-01.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Ukraine-EU-membership-support-table-net-01.webp 696w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Ukraine-EU-membership-support-table-net-01-300x221.webp 300w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Ukraine-EU-membership-support-table-net-01-150x110.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>EU citizens were then asked about candidate countries, such as Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia.<\/p>\n<p>Montenegro was the first option picked by Germans, Italians, Spanish and French.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, only the Spanish and Italians, responded positively to the question of whether Albania should join the EU.<\/p>\n<p>Germans referred to Albania as the \u2018most non-grata state\u2019 among the six Western Balkan countries, giving it even a more negative score than Kosovo, which is not even a candidate country, yet.<\/p>\n<p>The French were even more skeptical, opposing the accession of all other countries, except from Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/balkans\/2022\/01\/18\/eu-accession-negotiations-bulgarian-pm-to-visit-skopje-today\/\">Bulgarian PM heads to Skopje to discuss veto, accession talks and more<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/balkans\/2021\/11\/22\/us-congressmen-to-bulgaria-allow-albania-and-north-macedonia-to-launch-eu-accessions-before-years-end\/\">US Congressmen to Bulgaria: Allow Albania and N. 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