The poll was carried out on 5-17 December 2014 in France, the UK and Germany. A total of 3013 people were questioned in the EU's three largest nations with the samples representative by age, sex and geography. The margin of error in the polls is estimated at +/- 3.1%.
Overall, 55% of the population of the countries in question believe the European Union should no longer extend funds in aid to Ukraine while only 35% spoke in favour of increasing the volume of financial assistance.
Since May 2014 the EU has already granted Ukraine €860 million in the framework of two existing programmes of macroeconomic support.
The results of the polls also highlight significant differences of opinion between residents of the three major EU nations. Germans are the most positively inclined towards helping Ukraine with 55% of those polled in favour of increasing financial assistance while 39% spoke against.
Meanwhile, in Britain and France a significant majority — 59% and 66%, respectively — is against further funding of the Ukrainian economy.
