53 percent of Bulgarians over the age of 15 say they trust the EU which is 9 percentage points higher than the average for the entire EU, a Eurobarometer survey indicates.

30 percent of Bulgarians declare they do not trust the EU, the remainder state no opinion either way. The highest degree of trust in the EU is registered in Lithuania (65 percent), Denmark (60), Sweden (59), the Netherlands (57), Malta (56) and Portugal (55 percent).

Public opinion in Bulgaria expressed the highest degree of support (87 percent) for allowing the free movement of people, goods and services. The common security and defence policy has the support of 72 percent, the common EU foreign policy – of 62 percent, the common energy policy – by 60 percent of the respondents in Bulgaria.