Over one third of Europeans think sanctions against Russia hobble Ukraine crisis settlement
24.12.2014,
14:17
Over one third (35%) of the 3,013 people surveyed by ICM Research in France, the United Kingdom and Germany at the request of Russia Today International News Agency think that economic sanctions against Russia have had adverse impacts on the Ukraine crisis settlement, Novosti-Armenia reports.
Only 26% of the respondents think otherwise and over 28% said the sanctions have had absolutely no effect.
The poll shows that 40% of British respondents said the sanctions have had a favorable impact on the Ukrainian crisis settlement, while the answer of 21 percent was polar opposite.
In Germany, 54% said the sanctions have had a negative impact on the crisis settlement and only 16% welcomed them.
Some 37% of the people surveyed in France see absolutely no impacts, while 30% think the sanctions harmed the efforts to settle the conflict and only 23% supported them.
People were surveyed over a period between December 5 and 17.
The poll conducted by ICM Research also shows that more than half of British and French people are opposed to the EU financing for Ukraine and less than one quarter of Europeans think the sanctions against Russia had been decided by the European Union. Some 40% in Germany would like the sanctions to be lifted and almost half of British, French and German respondents would like to have a more independent European Union. --0----
YEREVAN, December 24. /ARKA /. Over one third (35%) of the 3,013 people surveyed by ICM Research in France, the United Kingdom and Germany at the request of Russia Today International News Agency think that economic sanctions against Russia have had adverse impacts on the Ukraine crisis settlement, Novosti-Armenia reports.
Only 26% of the respondents think otherwise and over 28% said the sanctions have had absolutely no effect.
The poll shows that 40% of British respondents said the sanctions have had a favorable impact on the Ukrainian crisis settlement, while the answer of 21 percent was polar opposite.
In Germany, 54% said the sanctions have had a negative impact on the crisis settlement and only 16% welcomed them.
Some 37% of the people surveyed in France see absolutely no impacts, while 30% think the sanctions harmed the efforts to settle the conflict and only 23% supported them.
The people were surveyed over a period between December 5 and 17.
The poll conducted by ICM Research also shows that more than half of British and French people are opposed to the EU financing for Ukraine and less than one quarter of Europeans think the sanctions against Russia had been decided by the European Union. Some 40% in Germany would like the sanctions to be lifted and almost half of British, French and German respondents would like to have a more independent European Union. --0----
