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EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
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A possible EU accession of Ukraine is currently a big topic.
Olaf Scholz, Emmanuel Macron and Mario Draghi: Three heads of state and government of the EU want to make their way to Kyiv soon - accession should also play a role in this visit.
And EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced that she intends to conclude talks on Ukraine's application for membership by the end of the week.
In a speech, von der Leyen already acknowledged Ukraine's "enormous efforts and determination" on its way to the EU.
The Germans, on the other hand, are divided on the question of Ukraine joining the EU.
This is shown by the results of a survey by the opinion research institute Civey.
Read the background to the Civey methodology here.
When asked whether they would support Ukraine's EU membership, 45 percent answered "yes" or "rather yes".
Almost as many, namely 42 percent, spoke out against it.
13 percent are undecided.
An analysis by residential area shows that East Germans are apparently more critical of Ukraine's accession than West Germans.
According to the survey, 49 percent of West Germans support accession, compared to 29 percent in the East.
Conversely, 60 percent of those surveyed in the East tend to reject accession, compared to 37 percent in the West.
Further evaluation of the results shows that the perception of Ukraine's potential accession also varies depending on party supporters.
Accordingly, people from the Green environment are most open to joining, while AfD supporters largely reject joining.
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