The European Commission has published a new special Eurobarometer survey today, showing, according to a statement from Brussels, “that young Europeans strongly support EU enlargement”. Indeed, “around two-thirds of respondents aged 15 to 39 share the views that (potential) candidates should join the EU, once they meet the necessary conditions, while 56% are in favour of further EU enlargement and consider it to be beneficial for their own country”. According to the respondents, the main advantages of expanding EU membership “are related to security and defence, to a stronger economy and competitiveness and to EU global influence in the world”. However, 67% of citizens say they do not feel well informed about enlargement. Surveys were also conducted in candidate countries and potential candidates, and they generally show overall support for EU accession. “In the Western Balkans, the highest support is registered in Albania (91%) and North Macedonia (69%), while respondents in Serbia display the lowest support in the region with a 33%. In the Eastern Neighbourhood, Georgia and Ukraine show 74% and 68% of support, respectively”. Albanians have the most positive image of the EU (82%), while in Serbia the percentage is the lowest (38%). More than half of citizens in Moldova have a positive image of the EU (55%), while that figure is lower in Ukraine (49%) and Georgia (43%).