Eurobarometer : Europeans and the future of development aid

Europeans show overwhelming support for development cooperation

24-11-2011

Despite living through a period of uneconomic uncertainty and austerity, Europeans remain overwhelmingly supportive of development cooperation beyond their borders, with 84% of respondents to a new Eurobarometer survey backing development aid to help the world’s poor, and the same proportion supporting the strong focus of EU aid on good governance and human rights.Press release :http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/11/815&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=enSpecial Eurobarometer 375 :http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_375_en.pdf