Young, Portuguese, Green voters most in favour of stronger EU: exclusive poll

As European voters put together for elections in June, simply over one in 5 need to see Brussels acquire stronger powers, in keeping with a Euronews-Ipsos ballot printed right this moment.

Younger, Portuguese and Inexperienced – these are the voters almost certainly to favour handing further powers to the EU, in keeping with an unique ballot produced for Euronews.

As Europe prepares for June elections, and faces main challenges together with the inexperienced transition, rising costs, and warfare, Ipsos requested 1000’s of voters in international locations representing 96% of the EU inhabitants on their detailed political opinions.

Simply over one in 5 of respondents (22%) need to hand stronger powers to the EU, whereas practically half (46%) favour strengthening their very own nation’s decision-making, Ipsos discovered.

The ballot commissioned by Euronews – which interviewed 25,916 folks in 18 international locations over the telephone and on-line, between 23 February and 5 March – represents the primary pan-European survey of its variety forward of the elections because of happen from 6 to 9 June.

With practically 400 million eligible to vote, the method to pick out 720 Members of the European Parliament will probably be one of many world’s largest democratic workouts.

Of the 18 EU member states polled by Ipsos, pro-European sentiment is strongest in Portugal, the place over one in three (36%) look to Brussels to repair the key challenges forward – whereas 63% of voters in France would quite have choices taken in Paris.

With 41% of its voters in favour of extra EU powers, the EU’s Inexperienced coalition – which additionally consists of regionalist events from locations akin to Corsica and Catalonia – are essentially the most professional EU of all political teams.

In distinction, practically two thirds (65%) of voters for the right-wing ECR and four-fifths (78%) of the ID need to see issues handled by particular person capitals, conforming to these events’ nationalist credentials.

One quarter of youthful folks (18-29) need a stronger EU, however that proportion falls to simply 20% for the older 50-64 cohort.

The outcomes mirror wider projections that present a shift away from the pro-European inexperienced and liberal events in direction of the novel proper – which is prone to stymie Brussels’ decision-making for the following 5 years, even when a pro-European majority stays in place.

In France, the centrist grouping of President Emmanuel Macron is projected by Ipsos to lose six MEPs. Nationwide Rally, run by his eurosceptic rival Marine Le Pen, may acquire ten, changing into the joint largest get together within the European Parliament.

Respondents to Ipsos’ survey had been requested how they wished to repair “main challenges forward” – and there’s actually loads of them on policymakers’ plates.

The EU has handed landmark new legal guidelines to fight local weather change – however its plans to chop emissions by 55% by 2030 are assembly rising opposition from farmers.

As warfare rages in Ukraine, incumbent European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen has made the bloc’s defence a precedence for a hoped-for second time period in workplace – although navy coverage is generally seen as a nationwide concern.