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In several EU countries, the Union’s handling of the pandemic has severely undermined confidence in the European project, a new ECFR opinion poll shows
In large parts of Europe, confidence in the EU is at a low point, according to the ECFR survey
According to the new ECFR study, a majority of Germans now consider the political system in Europe to be “broken”. ECFR warns that a “nationalist turn” could occur in Germany
According to the ECFR Report “Crisis of confidence: How Europeans see their place in the world”, following the Covid 19 pandemic, in Italy confidence in the European Union has been growing by 14 points compared to last year, even if 57% of Italian interviewees think that the European project is undergoing a crisis
Two-thirds of respondents agreed Europe should look to its own defence capabilities rather than rely primarily on the US according to ECFR polling
Citizens seem to have a growing need to see that their views are taken seriously – including in foreign policy
When asked how Europe should react in the event of open conflict between the USA and China, all the European states surveyed responded: Europe should remain neutral
Ivan Krastev refers to ECFR’s latest polling on the transatlantic relationship
According to an ECFR poll, in the event of a ‘serious conflict between China and America’ in the coming years, ‘two-thirds of Germans would be in favor of our country taking a neutral stance’
The German newspaper refers to ECFR’s survey on the transatlantic relationship
Europe needed to hear that the US was returning to the principles of unity, but the world has changed in the last four years