Armenia looks West

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Denis Staunton's guide to understanding world events - what's happening, why it matters and how it affects you Armenians look set to endorse an aspiration to join the EU when they elect a new parliament on Sunday.
51% : He said Pashinyan should call a referendum immediately to determine whether Armenians wanted to leave the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) in order to join the European Union.
50% : The crisis in Ukraine began with attempts by Ukraine to join the EU.
47% : The EU has made no secret of its enthusiasm for a Pashinyan victory, sending a team to Yerevan to advise his government on how to counter what it says are Russian influence operations.
45% : Pashinyan rejected Putin's demand as unreasonable, saying he would continue to work within the EAEU until a choice between the Russian-led bloc and the EU became unavoidable.
39% : And he pointed out that Armenia has not yet applied for candidate status, making EU membership a distant and uncertain prospect.

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