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.
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.