A new Eurobarometer survey shows that Austrians remain skeptical about the EU. It was published in Brussels on Monday. Half of those surveyed said that “things are generally going in the wrong direction in the EU at the moment”. About one-fifth see the EU moving in the right direction. Across the EU, 26 percent of those surveyed think things are going in the right direction in the EU and 39 percent think they are going in the wrong direction. Only in the Czech Republic and France is the sentiment towards the EU worse than here.
However, there are high approval rates everywhere for joint measures in the energy sector: 87 percent of all Europeans support European measures to reduce energy prices, and 82 percent to ensure security of supply of gas. Support joint purchasing. Many people in Austria are also in favor of it with 86 and 76 percent respectively. 88 percent of Austrians and 86 percent of Europeans are demanding filling of gas storage facilities in the EU to avoid bottlenecks next winter.
70 percent of all survey participants support EU solidarity with Ukraine. 57 percent of Austrian respondents see it this way. For three quarters of Europeans, the Russian war of aggression reflects the need to strengthen military cooperation between EU states. 60 percent of Austrians agree with this idea.
Across the EU, 77 percent of those surveyed approve of the EU accepting war refugees, and 71 percent are in favor of economic sanctions against Russia. Nearly two-thirds of Europeans believe that the EU should pave Ukraine’s path to European integration and support its integration into the single market.
