MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The survey was conducted by the opinion poll companies Populus and Ifop for Sputnik News Agency and Radio.
A referendum on the EU-Ukraine association agreement will take place in the Netherlands on April 6.
According to Sputnik.Polls, Italians are most enthusiastic about holding referendums on such deals with other countries. Sixty-six percent of Italians would like to hold a referendum before concluding an association agreement with any new country.
The German and French public broadly share the sentiment, with 63% of respondents in each country in favor of putting the issue to a vote.
The British public is less definitive about the issue. A rather high percentage of those polled there support the idea of a referendum (43%), however, the share of the public that is unsure either way is also high (40% of people answered “I don’t know”).
The poll in the United Kingdom was conducted by Populus, a leading UK survey company, between March 4 and 9, 2016, and some 1,085 respondents took part in the poll. The surveys in Germany (1,002 people), Italy (994 people) and France (1,005 people.) were conducted on March 8−10, 2016, by Ifop, the oldest public opinion poll company.
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*Ukraine and the EU signed an association agreement that establishes a political and economic association between the parties, as well as a free trade area. According to the agreement, Ukraine must also bring its economy and laws into line with EU requirements. Association is a necessary step on the way to full membership.
