The measure of Boris Johnson’s 2019 general election victory cannot be overstated. Defending a decade-long programme of austerity, Brexit delays, and general incapacitation, the Conservative Party’s 80-seat win last December defied the political norm
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The majority of citizens in most member states do not trust experts and authorities
Attitudes towards international issues are code for cultural divides in British politics
According to the ECFR study, the perception of the US in Europe has been growing negatively.
Mark Leonard and Ivan Krastev on Europeans' desire for increased European cooperation following covid-19
For example, in Bulgaria 22% of respondents have a worse impression of China, while in Italy it is 33%, but in general, the proportion of people holding this view is between 40% and 62%
63 percent of Europeans believe the pandemic has shown the need for more European cooperation, especially when it comes to dealing with global threats
ECFR's Unlock report on how covid-19 impacted the Europeans' perception of the EU is featured in the Foreign Policy brief
But the issue now goes beyond this simple disgust for Trump or the Republicans. Europeans have lost faith in America