YouGov / Handelsblatt Survey Results€¦ · YouGov / Handelsblatt Survey Results Sample Size: 1744 GB, 1099 France, 1015 Germany, 1014 Denmark, 1002 Sweden Adults (aged 18+) Fieldwork:

YouGov / Handelsblatt Survey Results

Sample Size: 1744 GB, 1099 France, 1015 Germany, 1014 Denmark, 1002

Sweden Adults (aged 18+)

Fieldwork: 9th - 18th November 2020

GB GB France France Germany Germany Denmark Denmark Sweden Sweden

Weighted Sample 1595 1744 1043 1099 1024 1015 1021 1014 1016 1002

Unweighted Sample 1595 1744 1043 1099 1024 1015 1021 1014 1016 1002

% % % % % % % % % %

10-11

Aug

9-10

Nov

28-31

Aug

17-18

Nov

12-17

Aug

11-17

Nov

12-17

Aug

11-17

Nov

12-17

Aug

11-18

Nov

Do you approve or disapprove of the Government's record to date?

Approve 32 28 22 22 52 60 69 54 28 30

Disapprove 45 52 65 66 29 27 20 34 54 54

Don't know 23 20 13 12 19 13 11 13 17 16

Which two of these problems are most important facing [COUNTRY]

just now?

The future of [COUNTRY's] relationship with the European Union 20 27 3 2 5 2 8 4 3 2

Health and the healthcare system 33 37 23 24 30 38 36 40 37 41

The level of crime 9 5 13 8 9 7 6 7 30 33

The gap between rich and poor 14 17 22 16 23 25 11 9 12 13

The level of immigration 21 14 24 24 19 18 22 19 35 34

The general state of [COUNTRY]'s economy 36 33 37 35 27 22 37 39 16 13

The threat of international terrorism or aggression 4 8 8 35 5 13 5 8 2 7

Housing 4 4 4 4 12 10 1 1 5 5

Pollution, the environment and climate change 14 13 23 17 27 22 24 26 18 16

[COUNTRY]'s infrastructure – roads, railways, bridges, public buildings, flood

defences etc4 4 3 2 6 4 5 3 4 4

Education, schools and universities 8 5 10 7 13 13 6 5 9 7

The current level of unemployment 14 10 19 14 5 2 11 8 10 10

The future of [COUNTRY]'s energy supplies 0 1 2 1 3 5 5 5 4 3

Something else 6 6 2 2 3 4 4 7 2 3

Don’t know 4 5 1 2 4 4 5 4 4 3

If there was a referendum on [COUNTRY'S] membership of the European

Union, how would you vote?

I would vote to remain a member of / join the European Union 43 47 46 49 61 63 60 61 50 55

I would vote to leave / remain outside of the European Union 39 38 27 29 19 22 25 23 31 27

I would not vote 8 6 9 8 7 6 1 2 3 3

Don't know 8 7 18 13 11 9 13 13 14 14

Refused 2 2 1 1 3 0 1 1 2 1

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Overall, do you strongly approve, approve, disapprove, or strongly

disapprove of [COUNTRY's] membership of the European Union?

Strongly approve N/A N/A 20 22 35 35 14 15 10 13

Approve N/A N/A 35 35 35 33 49 49 41 40

TOTAL APPROVE N/A N/A 55 57 70 68 63 64 51 53

Slightly approve N/A N/A 22 21 13 15 19 19 21 21

Do not approve at all N/A N/A 12 12 8 7 9 7 15 12

TOTAL DISAPPROVE N/A N/A 34 33 21 22 28 26 36 33

Don't know N/A N/A 11 10 10 10 9 10 13 14

Do you see yourself as...?

European not [COUNTRY] N/A 4 N/A 1 N/A 6 N/A 1 N/A 2

More European than [COUNTRY] N/A 4 N/A 3 N/A 8 N/A 2 N/A 2

Equally European and [COUNTRY] N/A 15 N/A 25 N/A 31 N/A 16 N/A 24

More [COUNTRY] than European N/A 23 N/A 48 N/A 35 N/A 52 N/A 45

[COUNTRY] not European N/A 41 N/A 18 N/A 14 N/A 27 N/A 20

Other [See Tab 1] N/A 9 N/A 2 N/A 2 N/A 1 N/A 3

Don't know N/A 5 N/A 3 N/A 4 N/A 3 N/A 4







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10-11

Aug

9-10

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28-31

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11-17

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12-17

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11-18

Nov

Using a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 means "Strongly dislike" and 10

means "Strongly like," please indicate how you feel about each of the

following:

Boris Johnson (GB), Laurent Wauquiez (FR), Angela Merkel (DE), Jakob

Ellemann-Jensen (DK), Ulf Kristersson (SV), Petteri Orpo (FI), Erna

Solberg (NO)

Strongly dislike - 0 21 23 N/A 28 17 18 10 12 17 15

1 4 6 N/A 6 4 2 4 6 6 6

2 6 7 N/A 6 2 4 8 9 9 9

3 6 7 N/A 10 5 4 10 11 9 9

4 6 6 N/A 8 5 4 9 8 7 6

5 11 11 N/A 13 12 10 16 16 12 12

6 7 9 N/A 5 6 6 9 9 9 7

7 11 9 N/A 5 9 11 10 8 8 9

8 10 10 N/A 2 10 13 7 7 7 8

9 5 4 N/A 1 8 7 3 3 4 5

Strongly like - 10 7 6 N/A 2 14 14 3 2 3 6

Don’t know 7 5 N/A 13 7 7 11 10 10 9

AVERAGE 4.5 4.2 N/A 3.0 5.4 5.5 4.5 4.2 4.1 4.4

Keir Starmer (GB), Emmanuel Macron (FR), Robert Habeck (DE), Mette

Frederiksen (DK), Stefan Löfven (SV), Antti Rinne (FI), Jonas Gahr Støre

(NO)

Strongly dislike - 0 11 10 30 28 20 21 6 10 24 21

1 2 2 5 4 3 3 2 4 5 5

2 3 3 7 7 3 6 3 5 7 6

3 5 6 8 6 6 5 6 6 6 7

4 7 8 5 7 6 5 4 6 8 7

5 16 17 13 15 11 11 9 9 12 13

6 8 10 8 9 6 6 9 10 8 9

7 11 12 8 8 6 6 17 13 8 8

8 7 9 6 5 6 7 15 15 6 8

9 2 3 1 3 3 3 9 7 4 4

Strongly like - 10 4 4 3 3 4 2 17 12 6 8

Don’t know 23 16 3 3 27 26 4 3 5 6

AVERAGE 4.9 5.1 3.4 3.6 4.0 3.8 6.5 5.7 4.0 4.4







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9-10

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28-31

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12-17

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11-17

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12-17

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11-17

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12-17

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11-18

Nov

Nigel Farage (GB), Marine Le Pen (FR), Olaf Scholz (DE), Kristian

Thulesen Dahl (DK), Jimmie Åkesson (SV), Jussi Halla-aho (FI), Siv

Jensen (NO)

Strongly dislike - 0 N/A N/A 42 38 16 16 18 19 39 38

1 N/A N/A 4 5 3 3 7 6 5 6

2 N/A N/A 6 5 5 6 9 10 6 4

3 N/A N/A 4 6 6 7 10 11 4 5

4 N/A N/A 6 6 8 7 9 8 4 4

5 N/A N/A 9 11 14 15 12 14 7 7

6 N/A N/A 6 5 8 9 8 7 4 4

7 N/A N/A 5 5 10 7 8 8 4 6

8 N/A N/A 5 5 6 8 5 6 7 7

9 N/A N/A 3 3 3 3 2 2 4 4

Strongly like - 10 N/A N/A 7 8 4 3 3 2 12 11

Don’t know N/A N/A 3 3 18 16 9 8 4 5

AVERAGE N/A N/A 3.1 3.3 4.4 4.3 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.6

Ed Davey (GB), Jean-Luc Mélenchon (FR), Alexander Gauland (DE),

Sofie Carsten Nielsen (DK), Nooshi Dadgostar (SV), Juha Sipila (FI),

Trygve Slagsvold Vedum (NO)

Strongly dislike - 0 N/A 7 35 39 49 49 N/A 22 N/A 20

1 N/A 2 6 6 4 4 N/A 7 N/A 5

2 N/A 4 8 8 4 4 N/A 10 N/A 5

3 N/A 4 8 7 4 5 N/A 11 N/A 6

4 N/A 5 6 7 3 2 N/A 8 N/A 3

5 N/A 14 11 8 5 5 N/A 12 N/A 9

6 N/A 3 7 6 3 2 N/A 4 N/A 3

7 N/A 3 5 4 3 2 N/A 2 N/A 3

8 N/A 1 4 5 2 3 N/A 2 N/A 3

9 N/A 0 1 1 1 1 N/A 0 N/A 1

Strongly like - 10 N/A 0 3 3 2 3 N/A 1 N/A 2

Don’t know N/A 57 5 5 18 18 N/A 20 N/A 39

AVERAGE N/A 3.7 2.9 2.7 1.8 1.9 N/A 2.7 N/A 3.0







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10-11

Aug

9-10

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28-31

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17-18

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12-17

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11-17

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12-17

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11-17

Nov

12-17

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11-18

Nov

Thinking about how much the government takes in taxes and spends on

public services, where would you place your views on the scale below?

Government should increase taxes and spend more on public services - 0 6 6 3 2 2 3 3 3 6 5

1 4 3 2 1 1 2 2 2 3 4

2 8 7 2 2 2 2 5 6 7 6

3 13 12 4 4 6 4 8 9 9 8

4 12 11 3 4 6 7 10 8 5 9

5 31 34 26 25 28 31 35 36 27 26

6 7 8 8 9 11 9 10 7 10 9

7 6 7 9 10 12 10 8 10 9 10

8 5 4 12 15 10 9 8 8 7 8

9 2 2 9 8 6 6 3 3 4 4

Government should reduce taxes and spend less on public services - 10 5 5 21 19 16 17 8 8 12 10

AVERAGE 4.6 4.7 6.6 6.7 6.3 6.2 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.4

Thinking about attitudes towards immigration, where would you place

your views on the scale below?

Immigration makes a mainly positive contribution to [COUNTRY] - 0 7 10 5 5 3 3 3 2 6 5

1 6 6 1 2 3 3 2 2 4 2

2 9 9 3 3 6 6 6 4 7 7

3 10 11 5 6 8 8 7 9 8 8

4 8 7 4 4 5 7 7 7 5 7

5 20 19 18 16 22 21 21 19 18 15

6 7 6 7 6 8 7 10 11 7 8

7 9 9 10 10 12 10 11 12 10 10

8 10 9 11 14 10 10 11 12 9 11

9 5 3 10 9 6 6 8 7 8 8

Immigration makes a mainly negative contribution to [COUNTRY] - 10 10 11 25 26 15 20 16 15 20 20

AVERAGE 5.1 4.9 6.7 6.7 6.0 6.1 6.1 6.2 6.0 6.1







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12-17

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11-17

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12-17

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11-18

Nov

For each of the following institutions, please say whether you tend to

trust it or tend not to trust it.

European Commission

Tend to trust 19 23 27 25 35 34 41 41 27 31

Tend not to trust 50 51 51 50 44 46 38 34 40 37

Don’t know 31 26 22 25 21 20 21 25 33 32

European Parliament

Tend to trust 22 24 27 25 40 38 40 42 30 33

Tend not to trust 52 53 52 51 40 43 40 37 41 39

Don’t know 26 22 21 24 20 19 20 21 29 28

The [COUNTRY's] Parliament

Tend to trust 38 40 28 28 54 57 69 64 53 54

Tend not to trust 43 44 54 53 34 30 21 27 31 29

Don’t know 18 16 18 20 13 13 10 9 16 16

The [COUNTRY's] Government

Tend to trust 36 35 27 28 54 56 68 58 41 45

Tend not to trust 49 53 61 62 33 32 23 34 45 40

Don’t know 15 12 11 11 12 13 9 8 14 15







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Thinking about the relationship between the European Union and

member states, do you think…?

There should be a closer union between EU countries, with member states

giving more powers to the EU institutions13 15 31 29 36 33 13 12 9 9

There should be a less close union between EU countries, with some current

EU powers being returned to the member states34 36 30 35 29 29 38 38 38 38

The current balance is about right 20 20 10 10 19 19 29 34 24 25

No view/Don’t know 33 29 28 25 16 18 21 16 29 28

Now that Britain has voted to leave the European Union, how likely or

unlikely do you think it is that OTHER countries will also leave the

European Union in the next ten years?

Very likely 12 13 12 12 9 10 7 6 10 9

Fairly likely 44 40 41 40 35 32 40 34 39 38

TOTAL LIKELY 56 43 53 52 44 42 47 40 49 47

Fairly unlikely 18 21 25 26 30 31 31 37 29 30

Very unlikely 7 9 7 9 8 8 6 6 5 5

TOTAL UNLIKELY 25 30 32 35 38 39 37 43 34 35

Don't know 20 17 15 13 18 19 16 17 17 17

Overall, do you have a favourable or unfavourable view of the following

countries?

The United States

Very favourable 9 9 4 7 5 6 5 4 8 8

Fairly favourable 28 38 24 33 16 29 28 36 27 34

TOTAL FAVOURABLE 37 47 28 40 21 35 33 40 35 42

Fairly unfavourable 30 29 37 37 38 35 37 38 35 33

Very unfavourable 21 11 27 15 31 18 21 13 19 15

TOTAL UNFAVOURABLE 51 40 64 52 69 53 58 51 54 48

Don’t know 13 13 9 8 10 12 9 10 11 10

Russia







Don’t know 17 16 12 14 11 12 10 9 12 11







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9-10

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28-31

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17-18

Nov

12-17

Aug

11-17

Nov

12-17

Aug

11-17

Nov

12-17

Aug

11-18

Nov

China







Don’t know 16 16 11 10 12 13 11 13 12 12

India







Don’t know 23 21 20 22 19 21 22 21 22 21

Japan

Very favourable 18 17 14 12 15 14 13 16 21 20






Don’t know 21 19 14 13 14 16 16 15 17 17

Israel







Don’t know 27 25 17 20 16 18 17 19 17 20

Egypt







Don’t know 30 27 22 23 18 19 19 20 21 21







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Aug

9-10

Nov

28-31

Aug

17-18

Nov

12-17

Aug

11-17

Nov

12-17

Aug

11-17

Nov

12-17

Aug

11-18

Nov

Iran







Don’t know 21 20 14 16 14 15 10 12 14 13

South Africa







Don’t know 25 23 24 26 20 20 21 24 24 24

Turkey







Don’t know 25 20 12 11 10 9 10 10 13 13

Saudi Arabia







Don’t know 23 20 14 16 14 16 12 13 15 14







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10-11

Aug

9-10

Nov

28-31

Aug

17-18

Nov

12-17

Aug

11-17

Nov

12-17

Aug

11-17

Nov

12-17

Aug

11-18

Nov

Great Britain

Very favourable xx xx 6 9 6 7 15 13 16 18

Fairly favourable xx xx 46 46 38 40 57 58 55 53

TOTAL FAVOURABLE xx xx 52 55 44 47 72 71 71 71

Fairly unfavourable xx xx 25 25 35 31 16 17 13 15

Very unfavourable xx xx 9 8 8 8 1 2 4 3

TOTAL UNFAVOURABLE xx xx 34 33 43 39 17 19 17 18

Don’t know xx xx 13 11 13 14 10 9 13 11

France

Very favourable 14 11 xx xx 21 21 17 16 13 17

Fairly favourable 49 48 xx xx 56 53 59 63 57 56

TOTAL FAVOURABLE 63 59 xx xx 77 74 76 79 70 73

Fairly unfavourable 16 20 xx xx 11 13 13 10 14 13

Very unfavourable 6 7 xx xx 2 2 3 2 4 3

TOTAL UNFAVOURABLE 22 27 xx xx 13 15 16 12 18 16

Don’t know 15 14 xx xx 10 10 9 9 12 11

Germany

Very favourable 20 20 22 22 xx xx 34 31 25 27

Fairly favourable 49 49 55 58 xx xx 53 58 53 52

TOTAL FAVOURABLE 69 69 77 70 xx xx 87 89 78 79

Fairly unfavourable 11 11 10 9 xx xx 6 4 9 9

Very unfavourable 5 6 5 4 xx xx 2 1 3 2

TOTAL UNFAVOURABLE 16 17 15 13 xx xx 8 5 12 11

Don’t know 15 15 9 7 xx xx 6 5 10 11

Sweden

Very favourable 32 30 28 28 38 36 28 28 xx xx

Fairly favourable 49 50 53 54 47 51 50 52 xx xx

TOTAL FAVOURABLE 81 80 81 82 85 87 78 80 xx xx

Fairly unfavourable 2 3 4 4 5 3 11 11 xx xx

Very unfavourable 1 2 3 1 2 1 4 3 xx xx

TOTAL UNFAVOURABLE 3 5 7 5 7 4 15 14 xx xx

Don’t know 15 15 12 13 9 9 7 7 xx xx







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10-11

Aug

9-10

Nov

28-31

Aug

17-18

Nov

12-17

Aug

11-17

Nov

12-17

Aug

11-17

Nov

12-17

Aug

11-18

Nov

Finland

Very favourable 29 24 25 27 36 36 33 31 39 42






Don’t know 20 20 15 15 9 11 14 14 10 9

Norway

Very favourable 33 30 27 27 41 41 50 45 39 40






Don’t know 17 16 13 13 11 10 6 6 8 8

Denmark

Very favourable 30 26 23 24 39 33 xx xx 36 35

Fairly favourable 49 52 57 56 46 51 xx xx 45 48

TOTAL FAVOURABLE 79 78 80 80 85 84 xx xx 81 83

Fairly unfavourable 2 4 3 5 4 5 xx xx 8 7

Very unfavourable 1 2 2 2 2 1 xx xx 3 1

TOTAL UNFAVOURABLE 3 6 5 7 6 6 xx xx 11 8

Don’t know 18 17 14 13 10 9 xx xx 9 9

How likely or unlikely do you think it is that there will be a major terrorist

attack in COUNTRY in the next twelve months?

Very likely 13 18 15 44 6 12 3 5 10 14

Fairly likely 42 51 46 39 24 41 23 31 32 41

TOTAL LIKELY 55 69 61 83 30 53 26 36 42 55

Fairly unlikely 18 11 13 7 38 23 41 37 35 27

Very unlikely 3 2 3 2 9 4 14 8 9 5

TOTAL UNLIKELY 21 13 16 9 47 27 55 45 44 32

Don’t know 25 18 23 8 22 20 20 19 14 14







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Thinking about the relationship between the European Union and the

United States, do you think…?

There should be a closer relationship between the EU and the United States 21 27 33 46 35 53 37 49 43 51

There should be a less close relationship between the EU and the United

States16 12 23 18 33 22 17 11 11 8

The current balance is about right 31 30 15 13 16 12 28 23 21 19

No view/Don’t know 32 31 28 24 16 14 18 18 26 22



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