15 months into the COVID-19 pandemic, Europeans’ trust in the EU has collapsed – even among mainstream voters in France, Germany and Italy. This is the stark result from a public opinion poll ECFR commissioned of 17,000 voters across 12 European countries (Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden).

To restore confidence, EU leaders will need to demonstrate to their citizens at the EU-US Summit that they have listened to their political vision of Europe. Only 1 in 5 sees the U.S. as an ally that shares in Europe’s values and interests. As Susi Dennison and Jana Puglierin point out in Crisis in confidence: How Europeans see their place in the world, majorities believe in a Europe that projects power and stands up for democracy and human rights – even towards China and Turkey, as well as sharing vaccines with poorer countries – yet Europeans now see a world of strategic partners rather than alliances, from the US, UK, India and Japan, to China, Russia and Turkey. Join our launch event on 9 June at 14.00.

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