Balkan citizens doubt they will ever join EU - survey

Citizens of the Balkan region are highly sceptical that their countries will be joining the EU anytime soon, despite shows of support for European integration, while a quarter do not believe their country will ever join the EU, the Balkan Barometer 2017 survey has shown.

According to the results of the survey unveiled by the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), Serbia is the least enthusiastic country in the region concerning European integration, while Kosovo's citizens have the highest opinion of the EU.

The RCC says that in 2015 27% of those polled in the Balkans believed they would join the EU by 2020. In 2016 this opinion was expressed by 24% or respondents, whereas in the latest poll the percentage has dropped to 19%. Meanwhile, 28% of those polled believe that accession will never happen.

RCC Secretary General Goran Svilanović said at the poll's presentation...