1. Results of the Research
Assessing the extent to which Montenegrin citizens are familiar with European integration and the process of accession of Montenegro to the EU

2. Contents Methodology Support for membership in the European Union,
General attitudes toward the European Union,
The perception of the roles of certain institutions in the integration process,
Channels of informing citizens about the process of EU integration,
Knowledge and level of being informed about the European Union.
Conclusion

3. Methodology Quantitative research Representative sample
Multistage random sample: 1008 respondents
Margin of error of %
Confidence interval of 95%
PAPI
Face-to-face method
Verification
The field work was carried out from 18th November to 3rd December.

4. The first associations at the very mention of the European Union
Number of the positive ones is significantly higher, and could be classified in following categories:
Better life
Better standard
Better future
Freedom of movement
Higher employment rate
Crisis
Corruption
Refugees
Disintegration of the European Union

5. General attitude towards the EU
Expectations regarding the economic situation in the EU in the forthcoming period

6. Support to Montenegro’s membership in the European union
Do you think that Montenegro will become an EU member regardless of whether you personally support the accession?
Do you personally support the accession of Montenegro to the European Union?

7. Support to Montenegro’s membership in the European union
How would you vote at a potential referendum on accession of MNE to the European Union?
How would you vote at a potential referendum on accession of MNE to the European Union? (committed respondents)

8. Support to Montenegro’s membership in the European union
How likely would you be to vote at a referendum on MNE accession to the EU?
How would you vote at a potential referendum on accession of MNE to the European Union? (probable voters)

9. Support to Montenegro’s membership in the European union
If you DO NOT SUPPORT MNE accession to the EU, what is the main reason?

10. Support to Montenegro’s membership in the European union
How would you evaluate the pace of Montenegro’s EU accession process?
By which year will Montenegro join the EU, in your opinion?

11. Support to Montenegro’s membership in the European union
What is your attitude towards the future of the EU?
EURO would remain the common currency?

12. Support to Montenegro’s membership in the European union
Some think that MNE cannot keep the EURO as a currency during the accession process. What do you think about it?
Taking everything into account, do you think that the EU accession would be beneficial or detrimental to Montenegro?

13. The impact of EU membership on MNE
In which way will Montenegro’s EU accession affect the following social groups? (% for the better)

14. Is the assistance of the European Union to Montenegro a positive factor at all
57,9%

15. Information about the European union
Generally speaking, how informed are you about Montenegro’s EU accession?
Generally speaking, how informed are you about the EU?

16. Which topics regarding EI would you like to be more informed about

17. Information about the European union
Have you ever attempted at a self-initiated, active search for additional information about the EU?
If so, which particular channels have you used to track down these information?

18. EU funds
If you were to seek information about EU funds, where would start from?
Da li Crna Gora koristi Instrumente pretpristupne podrške (IPA)?

19. EU funds
Do you think Montenegro is using all the available resources from EU funds?
Are you familiar with the following EU funds?

20. EU funds
Do you think that you personally could benefit from available EU funds?

21. Conclusion
The citizens of Montenegro have an overall positive attitude toward the European Union, given that as many as 61% citizens hold a generally positive attitude towards the Union – the percentage being higher than in any of the previous research waves;
When it comes to the number of citizens who are absolutely or predominantly supportive of Montenegro's membership in the EU, this year's research is the first out of the three implemented that comes up with a figure that surpasses 60%, and in fact amounts to 62.4%;
The data obtained indicate that the referendum on Montenegro’s accession to the European Union would be pretty uninteresting “result-wise”, there is over 75% of those who support the membership and would cast a "Yes" vote;
Citizens believe that EU membership will positively affect all spheres of social life;
The data indicate a growing perception of the EU’s potential to ensure security, namely its role as a guarantor of stability and peace in the Balkans;
There is an ever-decreasing number of citizens who find the information on EU accession to be incomplete and partial, while the government remains to be held most responsible for informing citizens on these issues;
Citizens found chapters 23 and 24 to be the most demanding ones in the coming period. Additionally, other challenging areas are said to be agriculture, environmental protection and unemployment.