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Survey: Over 61 percent of North Macedonia’s citizens support joining the EU

by AI | 31.Mar 2025 | Europe in brief AI

According to the survey, citizens’ forecasts for the country’s full membership in the EU are not optimistic – nearly one in three or 29.6 percent say the country will never join the EU, and 20 percent believe it could happen in the next five years.

Flags of the EU and North Macedonia in the building of the European Council. Photo: MIA

Skopje – Over 61 percent of citizens would respond positively to a referendum question regarding Macedonia’s entry into the European Union, according to a survey conducted by the Institute for Political Research Skopje (IPIS) for the show Detector. A negative response, according to the survey, would be given by 23.5 percent of citizens.

Support for the EU is higher among Albanian respondents, with over 77 percent giving a positive response, while among Macedonian respondents, 55 percent give a positive response.

However, according to the survey, citizens’ forecasts for the state’s full membership in the EU are not optimistic – almost every third or 29.6 percent say the country will never join the EU, while 20 percent think it could happen in the next five years.

Only 26 percent of respondents believe there has been progress in implementing reforms and achieving European standards in recent years. However, compared to the same survey conducted last year, there is a significant decrease in the number of respondents who say we are regressing, from 41 who gave such a response in 2024 to 17 percent this year. Every second respondent thinks that the start of negotiations with the EU will address challenges in key sectors such as education, health, judiciary, and others.

The public opinion survey for Detector was conducted by IPIS through a telephone survey conducted from March 1 to 4 this year on a representative sample of 1050 respondents from the entire country. (March 30, 2025)