More than 70% of Ukrainians have a positive attitude towards France and the Netherlands — a study by Experts Club and Active Group

France and the Netherlands have the highest share of positive attitudes of Ukrainians among the Western European countries represented in the study — 72.8% and 71.2%, respectively. 69.9% of respondents have a positive attitude towards Germany, 66.9% towards Switzerland. This is evidenced by the results of the third wave of the study "Attitudes of Ukrainians to the countries of the world", conducted by Active Group together with Experts Club, reports the information and analytical center Experts Club.

According to the results of the August survey, to France 22.5% of respondents are neutral, 3.7% are negative, another 1% could not decide. The balance of positive and negative evaluations is 69.1 percentage points against 69.9 percentage points. in March 2026 and 71 in August 2025.

In the Netherlands, the balance of positive and negative attitudes is 69.6 percentage points. At the same time, 71.2% of respondents evaluate the country positively, 26.4% - neutrally, and only 1.6% - negatively. In March 2026, the balance was slightly higher — 71.5 percentage points, while in August 2025 it was 61 percentage points.

69.9% of Ukrainians have a positive attitude toward Germany, 23.5% are neutral, and 5.5% are negative. Its balance decreased to 64.4 percentage points. compared to 73.9 percent in March and 72.7 percentage points in August last year. Thus, among the six Western European countries represented, Germany showed the most noticeable decrease in this indicator between March and August 2026.

Switzerland is positively evaluated by 66.9% of respondents, negatively by only 1.4%, and 29.7% take a neutral position. The balance is 65.5 percentage points. against 67.1 percent in March.

Belgium is the only country in this group where the balance in August increased compared to March — from 56.4 to 58.5 percentage points. 59.9% of respondents have a positive attitude towards the country, 36% are neutral, and 1.4% are negative. In August 2025, the balance was 54.4 percentage points.

Austria received the smallest share of positive responses among the represented Western European countries — 52.6%. At the same time, only 2.7% of Ukrainians evaluate it negatively, while 41.7% chose a neutral answer. The balance is 49.9 percentage points. compared to 53.3 percentage points in March 2026 and 44 in August 2025. In general, the data show that the lower indicators of positive attitudes towards Belgium and Austria are primarily associated with a higher share of neutral rather than negative evaluations.

The founder of the Experts Club information and analytical center, deputy director of Interfax-Ukraine IA, candidate of economic sciences, Maksym Urakin, emphasized the importance of systematic communication between foreign partners and Ukrainian society.

"The first recommendation is to regularly show specific cases, specific actions. The second is to be open to questions, requests from the mass media, from the public," Urakin noted.

Director of the Active Group research company Oleksandr Pozniy, for his part, drew attention to the connection between public awareness and the practical development of bilateral cooperation.

"It is better to develop not only general awareness. We need to expand cooperation with countries where we can have a positive balance," said Pozniy.

The survey was conducted in August 2026 by the method of self-completion of online questionnaires in the SunFlowerSociology panel among 800 citizens of Ukraine aged 18 and older. According to the organizers, the sample is representative in terms of age, gender and region, the maximum theoretical statistical error at a confidence level of 95% is 3.5%. This is the third wave of the survey after the August 2025 and March 2026 surveys.