ECFR new polling data is presented
Media mentions – Ivan Krastev
In a survey by the European Council on Foreign Relations, a clear majority of EU citizens see Russia as a threat and do not want to buy oil and gas from there
The Austrian newspaper presents data from ECFR’s latest opinion poll
The German newspaper refers to the policy brief ‘Peace versus Justice’ by Mark Leonard and Ivan Krastev
The Irish Times quotes from ECFR’s publication “Peace versus Justice: The coming European split over the war in Ukraine”
It is the diverging views of how the war should end rather than Mr. Putin’s threats that is the real risk for European unity.
Ivan Krastev comments on realist, optimist and revisionist views on the war in Ukraine
By attacking Kiev, Putin cut ties with Brussels, causing Europeans’ disgust towards his country
Ivan Krastev comments on Russia’s loss of soft power due to the invasion of Ukraine
The resilience of European democracies will mostly depend on the capacity of governments to sustain public support for policies that will ultimately bring pain to different social groups
Mark Leonard and Ivan Krastev assess European resilience given the divisions that are emerging on the war in Ukraine, as per ECFR survey conducted in nine EU countries and the UK
56% of Italians consider Russia to be mainly responsible for the outbreak of war in Ukraine, while 27% point instead to the role of Ukraine, the EU or the USA
Italy’s findings from Mark Leonard and Ivan Krastev’s report on European public opinion towards the war in Ukraine, which identified Italy as the less critical country towards Russia among those interviewed
The findings of the poll suggest that European public opinion is shifting, and that the toughest days may lie ahead
Ivan Krastev and Mark Leonard are quoted from the “Peace versus Justice” report
Europe still shows remarkable unity on many issues, but the small cracks, this study makes clear, have the potential to divide the community of states
ECFR poll on the war in Ukraine and its impact is presented