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.
This survey asked only half the Europeans? [sarcasm / hoping for 100%]
So half of Europeans have been paying attention.
I was about to say: half? Is the other half stupid? I thought everyone in Europe had internet. Are Americans confusing Europe for Afrika again?
Half of USA, too.
I read that headline as “half the Europeans are stupid” that seems about right in my experience too
half of Americans do too!
Because he basically says so but every opportunity?
…this comment made no sense and adds nothing to the conversation…
s/but/at/ and it makes sense
What’s wrong with the other half?
We also believe he’s the enemy of all people, surely. Not just us, but his own people as well.
Nine European countries*
Indeed, time to build a formal EU Armed Forces and tell the AmeriKans to GTFO of Ramstein and NATO.
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.
The other half is simply not asked for.
only half? Oh yeah, Fascism still a thing in Europe.
Which country is fascist run in Europe? Or what do you mean?
Italy?
True. I forgot.
Still the comment makes it sound like it’s all over Europe.
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
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.
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.
I guess it’s in every continent these days. 😑
I thought it meant half of the EU saw him as a friend, but thank god that’s not quite true:
13% of the Dutch are fucking NSB’ers like their grandparents.
WTF Poland! The fucking Russians are next door and you still don’t see that Krasnov is working for them.
That must be a next level amount of cope. Hoping that the US would somehow help them
I mean, it’s not like he keeps it a secret.
There are people who did not get how these tariffs are bad. Imagine the stupidity.
Thats not good. Thats way to low
Did Poland really not learn its lesson in WW2? Why are they still gravitating heavily (vs other countries) towards fascist leaders? Is there a culture thing going on that I never learned? Is there some socio-economic reason that smarter polish people are leaving Poland or dumber people are going to Poland or maybe not able to leave to better conditions?
This needs studying if we don’t have answers.
poland.
It’s insane, but it should be expected. Fascists have been using social media, traditional media, and surveillance capitalism — big data and analytics — to wage psychological warfare for decades. Most of the major players are American corporations, and all of the world’s elite/oligarchs are all invested in them; they’re all just as anti-democratic, pro-authoritarianism, mentally ill, criminally corrupt, and depraved as each other.
This is the expected result when fascist state media like News Corp are allowed to exist; spewing disinformation 24/7. When a class of ultra-wealthy are allowed to exist, and the multi-tiered “democratic” and “justice” systems they create. When criminals are allowed to operate behind the liability shield of an LLC.
The whole world is fascist now. The US spread it to every corner of the globe.
Even the countries that are considered progressive still have huge ever growing wealth gaps with the majority of their policies determined by the wealthy’s favorite proxy corporate influence.
Instead of protecting our citizens, like you alluded to, they commit to continuous psychological warfare. The President of the US is essentially an abusive partner you can’t leave.
The only silver lining is billions more people now have access to fresh water, food, and electricity. Their lives have been improved dramatically in the last twenty years.
