How Europeans see key institutions and issues ahead of European Parliament elections
Learn how Europeans in 10 EU member states feel about key institutions and issues ahead of European Parliament elections.
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Learn how Europeans in 10 EU member states feel about key institutions and issues ahead of European Parliament elections.
A look at how supporters of European populist parties stand out on key issues, from the European Union to Putin.
Many Europeans say the European Union promotes peace, and most think it promotes democratic values and prosperity. But they also tend to see it as inefficient, intrusive and out of touch with citizens’ needs.
Americans and Germans have vastly different opinions of their relationship, but they tend to agree on issues such as cooperation with other European allies and support for NATO.
As the number of international migrants reaches new highs, people around the world show little appetite for more migration – both into and out of their countries.
On issues including national identity and religious minorities, views among UK adults align very closely to general opinion across the EU.
A median of 23% in eight key countries in Western Europe name immigration as one of the top two problems facing their country.
They tend to be more left-leaning, more progressive in their social and political views, more receptive to immigrants and more favorable toward the European Union. They are also more mixed in their views of traditional center-left parties than older Western Europeans.
Americans and Western Europeans have broadly similar views on certain social and political issues. For example, majorities of Americans and Western Europeans see immigrants as beneficial to their economies and support certain rights for gays and lesbians.
The differences over immigration policy between Germany’s Christian Democratic Union and Christian Social Union are also evident among backers of the parties.
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