"Gallup International": Bulgarian PM Borisov is the Most Approved Leader by the People from the Western Balkans

After the Bulgarian Euro-Presidency, the Western Balkan countries feel Bulgaria closer, even in the face of the fact that the big EU countries did not give these societies a very clear perspective. The Bulgarian contribution is felt and the countries of the Western Balkans have assumed the Bulgarian role rather positively. This is reflected in the perceptions of the Bulgarian Prime Minister, who has increased recognition in the Western Balkan countries over the last year, and now enjoys the highest trust among the other leaders of the executive power in the region.

This is the data from a study in the Western Balkans, conducted by companies members of the Gallup International Association of Worlds. The research is part of the Gallup International Regional Research Program. It covers over 6,000 people in Macedonia, Kosovo, Serbia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro. In these countries, nationally representative face-to-face surveys and telephone interviews were conducted on samples of about a thousand people in each country.

In the Western Balkan countries, those who think that Bulgaria is helping Western Balkans's European integration (58% now at 54% last year) prevail against those who think that Bulgaria is not helping (42% now at 46% last year) . During the EU Presidency, Bulgaria focused on the theme of the Western Balkans.

In Albania, 81% share the view that Bulgaria is helping. In most other countries, the share of the consensus moves around 50%, and in Montenegro the share is 58% and increases by 10 points compared to the previous year, by 10 percentage points decreasing the share of the opposite option.

In Macedonia, local Albanian community views are highly positive - 76% estimates that Bulgaria is helping, and a growth...

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