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What Europeans really want: Five myths debunked

  • Susi Dennison, Ivan Krastev, Mark Leonard
  • Special

New ECFR/YouGov research reveals huge fluidity in current voting intentions: 70 percent of Europeans certain to vote are yet to make their choice. Nearly 100m swing voters are up for grabs

Press release: Almost 100 million swing voters up for grabs in EU elections, according to major new report

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  • Press release

ECFR report, backed by pan-European polling, debunks ‘five myths’ about the forthcoming election. Finds evidence of volatility, rather than a shift to extremes, in Europe’s electorate – with up to 30 percent of voters yet to decide how to cast their ballot. ‘Belief in the system’ is the key indicator towards understanding and engaging the electorate

15 Apr

Ce que diront les élections de l’opinion publique européenne

  • ECFR Paris

Nous avons le plaisir de vous convier à un petit déjeuner en partenariat avec l’Institut Montaigne, en présence de Nicolas Bauquet, Susi Dennison, Catherine Fieschi et modéré par Jean-Christophe Ploquin, sur le thème suivant : « Ce que diront les élections de l'opinion publique européenne »

A majority of Europe’s voters do not consider migration to be the most important issue, according to major new poll

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  • Commentary

Corruption, living standards, housing, unemployment and health rank above, or alongside, migration as key issues for European voters. Despite anti-immigration rhetoric across Europe, many voters view domestic issues as chief concerns. Voters in Greece, Italy, Poland, Romania and Spain are more concerned about people leaving their country than coming in