Europeans support Nord Stream 2 and do not see Ukraine in the EU and NATO – sociologist
Despite the “very cool Ukrainian IT sector,” the promotion of Ukraine’s image to Europe has practically died out - Europeans believe “Russian propaganda” and not the Ukrainians or their authorities.
Coordinator of the project “Study of the image of Ukraine in the EU” Andrei Stoicu said this at the “Ukraine 30” forum via video link from Bucharest, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“The countries where the results were collected (for the project “Study of the image of Ukraine in EU countries” - ed.) are Poland, Italy, France, Hungary.
Interest in Ukraine is directly related to the level of education, the more educated a person is, the more interest he has in Ukraine... The media shape the image of Ukraine in Italy, Germany, France.
It is very interesting that the people who listen to Russian channels, who perceive Russian propaganda, are those who have ties to Ukraine. The more they know about Ukraine, the more they listen to or read Russian media.
That is, the more we talk about Ukraine, the more they listen to the Russian narrative. We discovered this interesting relationship,” said the sociologist.
“When we raise the question of geopolitics, this does not help us very much - 42% of Germans say that Germany should agree with Russia, and in France they speak out in favor of pro-Russian support. For Europe, Ukraine is almost invisible.
Regarding integration into the EU and NATO, the majority abstains, 1/3 of people support, 1/3 either does not know or does not want to know, the other part does not support. This is true for all countries - Poland, Hungary... only 1/3 supports Ukraine in its plans for rapprochement with the EU and NATO.
We know that we have a very cool IT sector in Ukraine, but the narratives don’t work, people in Europe simply don’t see this,” added Stoicu.
According to him, the situation is the same with the Nord Stream 2 issue - the majority of respondents believe that construction should be completed.
“We have to be careful about what people really care about if we want to get beyond the 1/3 and expand our supporters and think about new narratives...
People understand that there is Russian propaganda, but when you start asking about it, they don't believe their authorities. That is, it’s not just a matter of Russian propaganda, but a crisis of trust in state institutions in Europe in general,” says the Ukrainian monitor.
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