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Despite the pandemic dominating European affairs, responding to the climate crisis has become no less urgent. Our EU-wide poll, conducted by eupinions in September 2020, shows that most Europeans state to be open towards significant changes in some areas of their lives to...

While US citizens are electing their next president, the world is watching them with suspense. Will they re-elect President Trump who will keep continuing to disrupt politics as we know it? Or will they choose former Vice-President Biden who is presenting himself as the...

In früheren Studien wie Globalisierungsangst oder Wertekonflikt: Wer in Europa populistische Parteien wählt und warum? und Globalisierung und die Europäische Union: Bedrohung oder Chance?, haben wir

gezeigt, wie Ängste, die durch umfassenden sozialen Wandel ausgelöst...

In previous reports, such as Fear Not Values: Public Opinion and the Populist Vote in Europe and Globalization and the EU: Threat or Opportunity?, we demonstrated how anxiety due to large-scale societal change is a driver of both polarization and politicization. As we showed...

Europe finds itself in an unprecedented crisis which is pushing many of its citizens into existential uncertainty. Our EU-wide poll, conducted in March 2020, as the corona virus was spreading across the continent, shows Europeans embracing some radical positions.

As the United Kingdom is leaving the European Union all eyes are on the eminent economic effects and future trade negotiations. How the British people feel about the state of their country at this defining moment of their political history has received less attention. In...

On the 16th of July 2019, the European Parliament elected Ursula von der Leyen as the new president of the European Commission, placing in her hands the reins of Europe’s executive institution for the next five years. Von der Leyen, whose candidacy had been marked by...

Am 16. Juli 2019 wählte das Europäische Parlament Ursula von der Leyen zur neuen Präsidentin der Europäischen Kommission und vertraute ihr damit für die nächsten fünf Jahre die Leitung der EU-Exekutive an. Von der Leyens Kandidatur war umstritten gewesen, da sie nicht zu den...

The year 2019 will be an important one for the European Union (EU), not only because of Brexit or the possibility of an economic downturn, but also because of the upcoming European Parliament (EP) elections in May. For one, the outcome of the EP elections will be important...

Das Jahr 2019 wird für die Europäische Union (EU) ein wichtiges Jahr sein, nicht nur wegen des Brexit und der Gefahr eines wirtschaftlichen Abschwungs, sondern auch wegen der im Mai anstehenden Wahlen zum Europäischen Parlament (EP). Zum einen wird das Wahlergebnis natürlich...