Croatian citizens do not expect major changes, neither positive nor negative, in the first year of EU membership and most expect improvement only in tourism, according to results of a survey conducted by the GfK agency.
Most of the respondents expect EU membership to have a negative impact on the agriculture and domestic production.
Result of the survey, on 1,000 respondents older than 15 years of age, show that every other Croatian citizen believes EU membership will particularly boost the tourism sector.
Respondents were also optimistic about changes that are expected to occur in the judiciary, environment protection, education and consumer protection. Younger generations and those with higher education qualification are generally more optimistic.
When it comes to the economic growth and development, which are expected to bring more jobs, only every fifth Croatian citizen believes that EU membership would bring improvement in the first year already and as many as 41% of the respondents believe Croatia's economy would shrink in the first year of EU membership.
The least optimistic are those aged between 30 and 59 only with high school diploma.
More optimistic are those unemployed regarding job creation in the first year of Croatia's EU membership. Another positive indicator is that the most optimistic are young people still in school.
