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Avangarde Survey: Only a third of Romanians would vote “for” in a possible referendum on Romania's union with Moldova
More than half of Romanians (54%) would not back a possible union between Romania and Moldova “at a certain time, in the future”, while 31% would vote “for”at a possible referendum for union, according to the survey “Unionist feeling in Romania; anticipating the future”, released on Thursday by Avangarde.
54% of people interviewed were neutral, 31% were rather positice, 9% rather negative and 3% did not have any opinions.
More than half of respondents (54%) do not consider that “at a certain moment, in the future, Romania should unite with Moldova,” but a third (33%) are for the union, and 13% cannot answer.
If a possible referendum were organized for the union with Moldova, 31% of Romanians would vote “for”, 50% “against”, 13% would be undecided amd 6% would not answer.
31% of Romanians consider that Moldova should “be urgently admitted to NATO,” while 40% are against it ad 29% cannot or would not answer.
In exchange, 41% of Romanians consider that Moldova should “be urgently admitted to EU,” 30% oppose it and 29% cannot or would not answer.
“In case of Russia's military invasion in Moldova”, 29% of people interviewed think that “Romania should help Moldova with troops”, 56% do not back the idea, while 15% avoided answering. As for helping with military technology, 48% would back it, 35% would be against and 17% cannot decide.
About Maia Sandu, the president of Moldova in office, 40% of Romanians have a “good”and “very good”opinion, while 21% have a “bad”and “very bad” opinion. 36% have no opinion or do not know who Maia Sandu is, while 3% would not answer the question.
Three quarters of Romanians (76%) do not think Maia Sandu would be “a good variant” of candidate for Romania's presidency, 19% avoided answering and only 5% would like her to run for the supreme position in this country.
Asked about the orientation of people in Moldova, 46% of respondents consider that half of them are “pro west” and “pro Russia”, 16% pro Russia, 14% pro west, 21% cannot appreciate and 3% did not answer.
The survey was made by phone over April 26 and 29, by the Group of Socio-Behavioral Studies Avangarde on a national sample of 850 people, representative for Romania's uninstitutionalised adult population, with a maximum error of +/- 3/4%, at a confidence level of 95%.