Publication

Institute of World Policy has released the results of expert survey “Who is our friend in the EU?”42 Ukrainian experts took part in the survey. They evaluated the level of support for Ukraine of each EU member state for Ukraine using a ten point scale. The survey was conducted from 12 to 19 June 2014.

Survey Results
1. Poland 392 (2 experts undecided)

2. Lithuania 376 (2 experts undecided)

3. Sweden 354 (1 undecided)

4. Latvia 316 (2 undecided

5. Britain 308

6. Estonia 298 (3 undecided)

7. Republic 283

8. 262 Germany

9. Slovakia 242 (1 undecided)

10. Finland 235 (4 undecided)

11. 217 France

12. Romania 216 (4 undecided)

13. Austria 215 (1 undecided)

14. Croatia 206 (6 undecided)

15. The Netherlands 202 (3 undecided)

16. Slovenia 193 (5 undecided)

17. Spain 185 (7 undecided)

18. Luxembourg 185 (10 undecided)

19. Hungary 182 (2 undecided)

20. Portugal 179 (7 undecided)

21. Denmark 175 (6 undecided)

22. Italy 167 (3 undecided)

23. Bulgaria 165 (2 undecided)

24. Belgium 163 (5 undecided)

25. Greece 139 (5 undecided)

26. Ireland 135 (12 undecided)

27. Malta 96 (13 undecided)

28. Cyprus 95 (10 undecided)

EXPERTS

1. Lyubov Akulenko, Director of the European Program, Centre UA
2. Vitaliy Bala, Director, Agency for Modeling Situations
3. Olena Bekrenyova, Director, Bohdan Havrylyshyn Charitable Foundation
4. Natalya Belitser, Expert, Pylyp Orlyk Institute for Democracy
5. Volodymyr Dubovyk, director, Centre of International Studies, Odesa Mechnikov National University (Odesa)
6. Rostyslav Dzundza, Head of Public Social Forum, Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum
7. Volodymyr Horbach, Political Analyst, Institute for Euro-Atlantic cooperation
8. Larysa Ivshyna, Editor-in-Chief, Newspaper “The Day”
9. Igor Kogut, Chairman of the Board, Agency for Legislative Initiatives
10. Oleh Kokoshynskiy, Deputy Head, Ukraine-NATO Civic League
11. Ihor Koliushko, Head of the Board, Centre for political and legal reforms
12. Valeriy Kravchenko, Expert, Center of International Security
13. Valentyn Krasnoperov, Political Analyst; Aspirant, Donetsk National University
14. Ostap Kryvdyk, political scientist
15. Kostyantyn Kvurt, Head of Executive Board, “Internews – Ukraine”
16. Kateryna Levchenko, president, International Women’s rights center “La Strada – Ukraine”
17. Yulia Lymar, Editor-in-Chief, Information-Analytical Agency “Glavcom”
18. Anatoliy Martsynovskiy, Journalist, “Gazeta po-ukrainsky”
19. Vasyl Moysiyenko, Centre for European and Ero-atlantic Integration, National Bohdan Khmelnytsky University of Cherkasy (Cherkasy)
20. Taras Mykhalniuk, Director, Open Ukraine Foundation
21. Volodymyr Ohryzko, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (2007-2009)
22. Oleksandr Palii, Political Expert
23. Plotnikov Oleksiy, Doctor of Economics, Professor, Honored Economist of Ukraine
24. Potyekhin Oleksandr, Director, Centre for Peace, Conversion and Foreign Policy of Ukraine
25. Kyryl Savin, Director, Heinrich Böll Foundation`s Office In Ukraine
26. Viktor Shlinchak, Chair of the Supervisory Board, Institute of World Policy
27. Dmytro Shulga, European Program Initiative Director, International Renaissance Foundation
28. Mykola Siruk, Head of International Section, Newspaper “The Day”
29. Bogdan Sokolovsky, Ukraine’s President’s Representative on International Energy Security (2008-2010); representative,
30. Serhiy Solodky, First Deputy Director, Institute of World Policy
31. Sergiy Sydorenko, Editor-in-Chief, “Europeis`ka Pravda” (European Trusth)
32. Ihor Todorov, professor, director, EU Information Centres under Donetsk National University
33. Vadym Tryuhan, expert on international and European law
34. Yaropolk Tymkiv, public policy expert, Pact in Ukraine, Uniter
35. Yulia Tyschenko, Head of Board, Ukrainian Center for Independent Political Research
36. Oleksandr Tytarchuk, research fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute
37. Alla Yevdokymova, director, Human Rights Centre “Tree of Life”
38. Volodymyr Yermolenko, Director of EU-Related Media, Internews-Ukraine
39. Viktor Zamiatin, Leading expert of Political and Legal Programmes, Razumkov Centre
40. Igor Zhdanov, President, Analytical Centre “Public Policy”
41. Pavlo Zhovnirenko, chairman of the Board, Center for Strategic Studies
42. Mariya Zolkina, Political Analyst, Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation.

The research was conducted within the “New European Policy” project supported by the “Ukraine National Initiatives to Enhance Reforms” (UNITER) project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Pact.