Table 17. ‘Trust in institutions’ RussiaUkraineBelgiumIreland Educational system Police Civil service Army Justice system Health Care system Parliament European Union United Nations Church Trade Unions Press (source: EVS, 1999, in %, taking ‘very much confidence’ and ‘quite a lot’ together)
Table 19. ‘The democratic system is the best’ (source: EVS, 1999, ‘strongly agree’ and ‘agree’, in %) RussiaUkraineBelgiumIreland agree strongly, agree
EVS ‘Satisfaction with democracy’ (source: EVS, 1999, ‘very’ and ‘rather’ satisfied, in %) RussiaUkraineBelgiumIreland very, rather satisfied
Table 20. ‘Democracy causes bad economy, is indecisive and cannot maintain order’ (source: EVS, 1999, ‘agree strongly’, ‘agree’, in %) RussiaUkraineBelgiumIreland weak in economics indecisive cannot maintain order
Table 24. Negative Attitudes regarding ‘unwanted neighbours’ (source: EVS, 1999, in %) RussiaUkraineFlandersIreland Heavy drinkers People with criminal record Left wing extremists Right wing extremists Drug addicts People with aids Homosexuals Gypsies Immigrants, foreign workers Muslims Jews
Table 31. ‘In how far are the churches answering questions and needs (source: EVS, 1999, in %) RussiaUkraineFlandersIreland Moral problems Family problems Social questions Spiritual needs
Table 2: Threat perception from 1999 NATO expansion (Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic) in four ‘Outsider’ states, 2000, column percentages RussiaBelarusUkraineMoldova Big threat 6.3 ( 6.5) 4.0 ( 3.4) 2.0 ( 1.6) 2.8 ( 1.6) Some threat22.0 (21.8)15.9 (15.0) 7.2 ( 6.2)12.5 (12.1) Big or some threat28.3 (28.3)19.9 (18.4) 9.2 ( 7.8)15.3 (13.7) Little threat16.7 (17.1)35.1 (35.0)28.4 (29.5)21.4 (20.3) No threat at all18.6 (18.6)24.4 (23.5)41.9 (41.9)44.5 (49.6) Little or no threat35.3 (35.7)59.5 (58.5)70.3 (71.4)65.9 (69.9) Don’t know36.5 (36.0)20.5 (23.1)20.5 (20.9)18.8 (16.4) Total100 Score for total population (score for main population group). The question was: ‘After the collapse of the Soviet Union the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland became member of NATO. Do you think this presents a threat to our country?’ Source: Outsider states project in ‘One Europe or Several Framework (Löwenhardt, White, Light)
1991 Ukr joins North Atlantic Cooperation Council 1991 founding of CIS 1992 Ukr becomes OSCE member 1992 Ukr signs Lisbon Protocol of START I Treaty 1994 Ukraine - NATO PfP 1994 START I Treaty into force 1994 PCA with EU 1995 Ukraine member of CoE 1997 NATO- Ukraine Charter on Distinctive Partnership 1997 GU(U)AM Initiative 1997 Friendship and Cooperation Pact with Russia 1998 PCA into force 1998 Ukr publishes Strategy for integration in the EU 2000 Ukraine joins Eurasian Economic Community (EvrAzES) 2001 Ukraine ratifies EvrAzES 2002 Ukraine – NATO Action Plan 2003 Ukraine (partly) joins Common Economic Space (EEP) 2003 European Neighbour- hood Policy (including Ukraine 2004 Ukraine – EU Action Plan (ENP) 1999 EU Common Strategy for Ukraine