{"id":1061165,"date":"2026-07-01T05:40:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T05:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1061165\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T05:40:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T05:40:23","slug":"90-of-eu-citizens-want-a-more-united-europe-against-global-crises-survey-shows-euobserver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1061165\/","title":{"rendered":"90% of EU citizens want a more united Europe against global crises, survey shows \u2013 EUobserver"},"content":{"rendered":"

The EU\u2019s latest study<\/a> found that 90 percent of Europeans hope for a more united front in facing global challenges, while almost half of those surveyed expressed a state of uncertainty in the current climate.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Conducted during times of conflict between the US and the Middle East, the European Parliament\u2019s survey published on Wednesday (1 July) shed light on a general state of tension throughout the continent.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo strengthen the EU\u2019s position in the world, citizens wanted to focus primarily on defence and security,\u201d said European Parliament spokesperson Delphine Colard on Tuesday, presenting the report.<\/p>\n

Despite indications of crisis, \u201c74 percent of the Europeans view European membership as beneficial, equalling in an all-time high,\u201d said Colard, with reference to data that has only indicated a growth in the public\u2019s favourable opinion of the EU since 2013.<\/p>\n

The survey looked at the perceived priorities, expectations, and standard of living of European residents, highlighting general stability throughout the bloc.<\/p>\n

The decreasing rate of euroscepticism represents an important win over nationalist narratives dominating many upcoming elections, with French far-right National Rally candidate Jordan Bardella promising to halve France\u2019s EU budget, if he wins the presidency next year.<\/p>\n

Three-in-four members of the European public also indicated a need for greater means\u00a0to face up to current global challenges, ahead of discussions of a limited EU budget (known as the Multi-annual Financial Framework) for the next seven years starting from 2028.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe results are stable compared to last [survey], and they\u2019re also the majority view in all member states,\u201d a Parliament spokesperson told reporters.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Despite engagement rates decreasing<\/a> among young people in the EU, the survey noted a trend wherein \u201cyoung people continue to be among the more enthusiastic supporters of the EU, and they have also higher expectations regarding its role.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those aged 15-24 were indeed much more likely to declare a high quality of life, with 80 percent of those aged above 55 denoting a satisfied quality of life compared to 92 percent from their younger counterparts.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The EU\u2019s latest study found that 90 percent of Europeans hope for a more united front in facing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1061166,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5174],"tags":[217083,2000,299,5187,225611,225609,225610],"class_list":["post-1061165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-eu","tag-typedefinedterm","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-european","tag-identifier4403","tag-namesociety","tag-termcodesociety"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116843120575839043","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1061165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1061166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1061165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1061165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1061165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}