The Ministry for European Integration said on Thursday that 57 percent of Serbians want the country to become a member of the European Union.

“If a referendum on Serbia’s membership in the EU were called tomorrow, 57 percent of the population would vote to join the Union,” the ministry said in a Twitter post.

The post added that the figure was eight percent higher than a year earlier.

?Ако би референдум за чланство наше земље у ЕУ био расписан сутра, чак 57% грађана гласало би за улазак Србије у ЕУ, односно осам одсто више у односу на прошлу годину, резултат је најновијег истраживања јавног мњења које смо спровели крајем јула и почетком августа. pic.twitter.com/xwMvIoLjK8

— Ministarstvo za EI (@MINEIsrb) September 30, 2021

According to the latest opinion poll conducted in July and August, 30 percent would vote against EU membership, 12 percent would not vote at the referendum and just one percent said they have no opinion.