WASHINGTON – Majority of citizens in the Western Balkans would vote for EU membership in a referendum. However, in multiple countries significant percentages of citizens doubt that EU is serious in offering membership to the region, shows the newest public opinion poll carried out by the International Republican Institute (IRI). Serbian public opinion remains more pronouncedly anti-Western than in the rest of the region.
The polls, published this week by IRI, were carried out between February and March 2024 through face-to-face interviews.
In North Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, 68% of the population would vote for EU accession…