Bojan Klacar (Photo: Milos Miskov)
Bojan Klacar, the director of the Center for Free Elections and Democracy (CeSID), has said that Serbia’s citizens do not see they would personally benefit from the country’s accession to the European Union (EU), adding that this perception has been prompted by the media and politicians whom most people trust.
Speaking to Radio Television of Vojvodina, Klacar said he saw this situation as a failure in communicating by the people in the EU.
“More than 60 percent of citizens see the benefits of EU membership for the state, but less than 50 percent of the respondents understand what personal benefits they would have,” the CeSID director said.
He believes that this perception of the EU can be changed, while the focus should be on the part of the population with a neutral opinion on the EU.
The latest CeSID survey, he said, showed that two out of three persons believed there would be no enlargement of the EU and that many had lost faith that this political organization would remain vital and strong. He cited the war in Ukraine, the EU’s stand on the Jadar lithium mining project and student protests as the main reasons for the declining public support to EU membership in Serbia.
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