A special Eurobarometer on “Development Aid in time of economic turmoil” was published in October 2009, ahead the European Development Days. It shows that the crisis affecting European countries did not affect public support for development aid which still remains high.
Nine out of ten Europeans still strongly support development aid despite the downturn and 72% of Europeans are in favour of honouring or going beyond existing aid commitments to the developing world.
The report details the EU-wide findings as well as country-by-country breakdowns. They show that development cooperation brings the European Union closer. European polling shows that since 2004 cross-country differences are narrowing, especially between the countries that joined the EU since 2004 and the other member states.
Find further information in the press-release:
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/09/1540&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
Download the full Eurobarometer:
http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_318_en.pdf
Source: eCNVOS/23. oktober 2009/št. 42-09-O; EU press-release IP/09/1540
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