Nine-country poll finds half of people believe risk of war with Russia is high and three-quarters want to stay in EU

Nearly half of Europeans see Donald Trump as “an enemy of Europe”, rather more rate the risk of war with Russia as high and more than two-thirds believe their country would not be able to defend itself in the event of such a war, a survey has found.

The nine-country poll for the Paris-based European affairs debate platform Le Grand Continent also found that nearly three-quarters of respondents wanted their country to stay in the EU, with almost as many saying leaving the union had harmed the UK.

Jean-Yves Dormagen, a political science professor and founder of the polling agency Cluster17, said: “Europe is not only facing growing risks, it is also undergoing a transformation of its historical, geopolitical and political environment. The overall picture [of the survey] portrays a Europe that is anxious, that is deeply aware of its vulnerabilities and that is struggling to project itself positively into the future.”

The polling found that an average of 48% of people across the nine countries see Trump as an outright foe – ranging from highs of 62% in Belgium and 57% in France to lows of 37% in Croatia and 19% in Poland.

  • falseWhite@lemmy.worldEnglish
    28·
    1 month ago

    I thought it meant half of the EU saw him as a friend, but thank god that’s not quite true:

    • HellsBelle@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      11·
      1 month ago

      As a Canadian I feel particularly vulnerable to his rhetoric and bullshit. America has a shit ton of crazies that would just love to invade this country and kill everything that moves.

      • Medic8teMe@lemmy.caEnglish
        7·
        1 month ago

        Fellow Canadian here. We also have our fair share of fucktards who would welcome this fascist pedo with open arms.

    • Skiluros@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      51·
      1 month ago

      A menace to all liberal, democratic societies that value human rights and believe in real market competition that brings down prices and forces companies to focus on the needs of their customers and workforce (so not fake American-style competition rhetoric).

      • king_comrade@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 month ago

        Hungary and turkey with a general rise of far right parties in France, Germany and the UK. I’d say fascism is pretty popular over there.

          • LittleBorat3@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            1 month ago

            It is all over Europe with maybe some exceptions.

            These parties are getting big enough to be in the government if the democratic ones do not stay away from them.

            Centrist parties are flirting with the fascists topics hoping to gain a few percentage points but what actually happens is they legitimize them and the fascists gain these points

            • Victor@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              1 month ago

              There are definitely worrying trends even in those countries where fascists are not in majority (yet). It’s not looking good. We can’t have a repeat of what happened almost a hundred years ago. Nobody among the people wants that.

    • Tryenjer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 month ago

      People ain’t that different. Ironically, the great effectiveness of the same racist rhetoric in different cultures proves that.

  • Gammelfisch@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    1 month ago

    Indeed, time to build a formal EU Armed Forces and tell the AmeriKans to GTFO of Ramstein and NATO.

    • LittleBorat3@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 month ago

      If we had started in 2016 we could maybe do that now. Remember Krim happened in 2014. If we weren’t a little slow we’d be there today.

  • Victor@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    1 month ago

    We also believe he’s the enemy of all people, surely. Not just us, but his own people as well.