5 hours agoSurvey: Albania No. 2 Greece's enemy is first
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Greek public opinion surfaces intensively troubled and puzzled as to recent developments regarding Turkey, which he considers an enemy neighbour, but a considerable part of it shows almost the same view of Greece's other neighbours. In a survey published by the newspaper [...]
In a survey published by Sunday's “Ethnos”, 87% of Greeks name Turkey the country's number 1 enemy, and 63% express fears about the possibility of a <x2ndofxh3> incident between the two states.
Asked if they consider one of the neighbours' enemies, besides Turkey, which they say “po” the overwhelming majority have positively answered the question for Albania, 47% of those interviewed, and 45% for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, while a small minority of 10% shares the same view of Bulgaria.
The question of how likely territorial integrity is threatened by neighbours has been answered by Albania “po” only 27% and 63% “jo”. At the same percentages are almost the answers to the former Yugoslav Republic, while when it comes to Turkey 78% of Greeks feel threatened by the eastern neighbour.
According to the survey whether these countries will integrate into the EU, 56% of Greeks believe Albania's attitude towards Greece and Macedonia's as well, while more than 64% think Turkey will not happen.
Also among seven Greeks think diplomacy should be the main tool of foreign policy exercise, while 82% estimate that co-operation among Balkan countries will improve the level of living in the region.
