Kind of really weird if u ask me but we’re probably a really weird country aswell so.. Who knows.
Fuck this country of cowards
There is this belief in italy that, if we stop sending weapons the war will stop and bills will go down in prices. I am not surprised, we are a country of old ignorant cowards that should have died during covid.
Honestly, what bothers me is that every country would prefer EU send weapons more then their own country. It’s like, we think someone should do something about it but we prefer it doesn’t have to be us.
In Italy the “anti-sending-weapon” sentiment is widespread and has always been, consistently, the majority of the population. In fact you can see the same result at every poll since the beginning of the conflict. People here agree with sending humanitarian aid, agree with taking refugees but disagree with sending weapons.
That’s why the firm decision of the governament of sending weapons is very important. They basically went against the opinion of the majority. And this is also the reason why we should take seriously Meloni (next PM) when she says she will support Ukraine with weapons too. She voted in favour all the time despite this being very unpopular among italians and her base (in particular).
Nothing new under the italian horizon.
Shame on you italy.
I would like to point out (not in the graph) that the president of Bulgaria (and a few politicians) have numerous times stated that if we send weapons, we will be part of the war, which of course is a complete lie.
I dont have BG stats, but it is likely where Italy sits.
People shouldn’t single out Italy here. Except Italy all countries listed here support Ukraine more than the EU average. So there will be quite a few other countries not listed here that support Ukraine below average. And we don’t know if Italy is even the lowest one.
in italy there’s the growing rethoric (correct to a certain degree i would say) that we are a colony of the USA, and we must not abide by every of their words
Italys politics much more aligned with strongman fascism than liberal democracy over last 100 years. I would bet a murderous thug like Putin is still more popular that Zelensky with a wide swath of older Italians especially
I’m happy that in Italy we’re not trigger happy. Hopefully if we come to a conflict orchestrated by Biden, we’ll refuse to engage.
Btw I’m in favor of sending weapons and aid. What pisses me off is that NATO and Biden are fueling the war and refuse to start a diplomatic effort.
Its interesting that the numbers on the left are consistently higher. So there is a group of people in each country which support both the EU and their own country arming Ukraine, and there is a group in each country which do not support anyone arming Ukraine. But there is also a third group which says we should send weapons as the EU, but not as our own country. The reasoning of those people is worth exploring. Seems like a range of reasons could explain that. I wonder if its more “someone needs to send them guns but I don’t want to pay for it” or “we should send them guns but I don’t want my country to specifically be targeted for retribution.”
Italy, WTF is wrong with you?
Did the new far-right party made you lose your mind and common sense already?
Belgium and Germany are in the wrong positions for a side by side comparison by the way. (They have been swapped)
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[Source](https://eupinions.eu/de/text/under-pressure).
These are all a bit lower than I was expecting. Wonder what UKs numbers are, maybe I’ve been over egging the anount of support.
Edit:
Last poll can find was yougov 7 months ago. Was 74% support, 11% oppose. Not really equitable though to poll above
Has Italy always opposed the support?
Italy ? Mind expanding a bit ? 39%?
Jeez, fuck Italy
Disappointing numbers and I’m afraid they will only go lower.
Meh I kinda doubt this pool. So we don’t send weapon, but [we wanna accept refugees](https://eupinions.eu/de/graphics/data-infographic?tx_rsmbsteupidata_rsmbsteupidata%5Brsmbsteupidata%5D=569&cHash=0ca0feb388316f20bae804e9883560e9) so badly?
We don’t wanna send any weapon but [we wanna play a more active role in worlds affair](https://eupinions.eu/de/graphics/data-infographic?tx_rsmbsteupidata_rsmbsteupidata%5Brsmbsteupidata%5D=548&cHash=81a8f3e7f2c4192f7d6142efbdce28ad)? and [we want a common defence policy](https://eupinions.eu/de/graphics/data-infographic?tx_rsmbsteupidata_rsmbsteupidata%5Brsmbsteupidata%5D=571&cHash=c3910a5b87028798acf78642af60b548)?
Kind of really weird if u ask me but we’re probably a really weird country aswell so.. Who knows.
Fuck this country of cowards
There is this belief in italy that, if we stop sending weapons the war will stop and bills will go down in prices. I am not surprised, we are a country of old ignorant cowards that should have died during covid.
Honestly, what bothers me is that every country would prefer EU send weapons more then their own country. It’s like, we think someone should do something about it but we prefer it doesn’t have to be us.
In Italy the “anti-sending-weapon” sentiment is widespread and has always been, consistently, the majority of the population. In fact you can see the same result at every poll since the beginning of the conflict. People here agree with sending humanitarian aid, agree with taking refugees but disagree with sending weapons.
That’s why the firm decision of the governament of sending weapons is very important. They basically went against the opinion of the majority. And this is also the reason why we should take seriously Meloni (next PM) when she says she will support Ukraine with weapons too. She voted in favour all the time despite this being very unpopular among italians and her base (in particular).
Nothing new under the italian horizon.
Shame on you italy.
I would like to point out (not in the graph) that the president of Bulgaria (and a few politicians) have numerous times stated that if we send weapons, we will be part of the war, which of course is a complete lie.
I dont have BG stats, but it is likely where Italy sits.
People shouldn’t single out Italy here. Except Italy all countries listed here support Ukraine more than the EU average. So there will be quite a few other countries not listed here that support Ukraine below average. And we don’t know if Italy is even the lowest one.
in italy there’s the growing rethoric (correct to a certain degree i would say) that we are a colony of the USA, and we must not abide by every of their words
more info: [https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastian_contrario](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastian_contrario)
Italys politics much more aligned with strongman fascism than liberal democracy over last 100 years. I would bet a murderous thug like Putin is still more popular that Zelensky with a wide swath of older Italians especially
I’m happy that in Italy we’re not trigger happy. Hopefully if we come to a conflict orchestrated by Biden, we’ll refuse to engage.
Btw I’m in favor of sending weapons and aid. What pisses me off is that NATO and Biden are fueling the war and refuse to start a diplomatic effort.
Its interesting that the numbers on the left are consistently higher. So there is a group of people in each country which support both the EU and their own country arming Ukraine, and there is a group in each country which do not support anyone arming Ukraine. But there is also a third group which says we should send weapons as the EU, but not as our own country. The reasoning of those people is worth exploring. Seems like a range of reasons could explain that. I wonder if its more “someone needs to send them guns but I don’t want to pay for it” or “we should send them guns but I don’t want my country to specifically be targeted for retribution.”
Italy, WTF is wrong with you?
Did the new far-right party made you lose your mind and common sense already?
Belgium and Germany are in the wrong positions for a side by side comparison by the way. (They have been swapped)