00:00How much does Europe support using frozen Russian money to help Ukraine's defense?
00:08French, German, Polish and Spanish citizens still believe its right to give financial
00:13support to Ukraine as Russia's invasion rages on.
00:16However, Italy proves the exception as Italians are closely divided on the issue,
00:20with 43% supporting and 40% opposing it.
00:24This is according to a YouGov survey conducted in five EU countries with more than 5,000 people.
00:29There is also a division within each country over whether the level of support given to Ukraine
00:34is too little, too much or about right.
00:36Germany is among the five EU countries with a higher share of respondents believing there's
00:41too much support at 34%, while 36% of Poland claim it's the right amount.
00:46The European Commission has pushed for Belgium to agree to an unprecedented reparations loan
00:51for Ukraine, which has the government worried because most of the assets are held in Brussels.
00:56The majority of Polish, German and Spanish correspondents support using frozen Russian
01:00funds in European bank accounts to fund additional support for Ukraine.
01:04Meanwhile, Italians are once again divided in their opinions, with 39% supporting it and
01:0938% opposing it.
01:11When it comes to NATO, Russia wants to prohibit Ukrainian membership, while Europe won't rule
01:16it out.
01:17Among EU countries surveyed, Spaniards are the most in favor of Ukraine joining, while others
01:22are supportive by more narrow margins, with between 42% and 47% backing Ukrainian membership.
