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New blog to the newspaper “Den`” of Serhiy Solodkyy, First Deputy Director of IWPUkraine returns to the worldview of ordinary Europeans is the main conclusion of our survey.

Ukraine has always been on the political map of Europe. But mostly people who make decisions in the European Union knew about it, not ordinary citizens. But they do not always take Ukraine into account in their policy, as our country was unknown for their voters.

Our survey that was conducted in two stages first in June, second in September. The results showed that Ukraine left the “blind zone”.

The main associations of the citizens of the EU related to Ukraine are the war, Russia and poverty. In some countries, there are exceptions. For example, in Poland in three main associations was included Lviv. The Germans associate our country with the Klitschko brothers. Sweden – with blue and yellow flag, obviously due to the common colors of flags of both countries.

For our Institute is extremely important that Ukraine is “engaged” not only by European politicians; it is important that ordinary Europeans understand why Ukraine is the bulwark of security on the continent today. When ordinary citizens understand it, than the politicians will have to reckon with their sentiments.

The more intense we act on the communication direction, the stronger will be our arguments for foreign audiences, the faster we will be at home – in Europe in all respects.

For more detailes of the results of our survey click here