Support for LGBTI relationships has grown in Europe, but it varies considerably between EU member states, according to a new Eurobarometer survey on discrimination in Europe.

Also, the report highlighted that 88% of Europeans say they would feel comfortable having a woman in the highest elected position in their country. This is a 7 percentage point increase compared to 2015.

Overall, there have been decreases in discrimination in EU member state countries since 2015, the study concluded.

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Market research company Kantar surveyed 27,438 people in 28 member states between May 9 and May 25, 2019, for the European Commission.

Support for LGBTI rights was highest in Sweden and the Netherlands with 98% of people surveyed in Sweden and 97% of those surveyed in the Netherlands responding that gay, lesbian, and bisexual people should have the same rights as heterosexual people.

But just 31% of people in Slovakia, and 38% of people in Romania think that gay, lesbian, and bisexual people should have the same rights.

People in the Netherlands, Sweden, and Denmark had the highest percentage of people who believed that “same-sex marriages should be allowed throughout Europe”, whereas Bulgaria, Slovakia and Latvia had the lowest percentage of respondents that agreed with that statement.

Via Euronews/Eurobarometer