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Most Europeans believe that the EU trade agreement is a “humiliation” for the trade union and wants to resign the President of the Commission of Ursul von der Lien, the main negotiator, according to the new survey.
The survey was conducted by Cluster17 exclusively for Le Grand Continent and published on Tuesday morning, the day before von der Layen The state of the European Union In Strasbourg.
The survey was conducted from August 30 to September 4 for 5,302 people in the five largest states -member states: Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Poland.
A Conclusions Reinforce the intensive reaction that saturated the political and journalistic reason from the announcement of the agreement At the end of JulyField
According to the agreement that is already valid, the vast majority of the EU products intended for the US market are subject to 15%responsibility, while the vast majority of US products intended for the EU market are excluded from duties.
The selected group of products, such as the aircraft, critical raw materials and semiconductor equipment, wins the zero for zero. Brussels has not yet convinced Washington to turn on wine and drinks, a strategic sector for Europeans, in the list.
When he was asked about the feeling caused by the transaction, 52% of the respondents chose “humility”, while 22% chose “indifference” and 8% “relief”.
Only 1% chose pride.
The sense of “humiliation” is especially intensively in France (65%) and Spain (56%), while in Poland the most common reaction is “indifference” (49%).
Huge 77% believe that the terms of the agreement are mainly favored by the US economy, while 13% say that this is a “compromise” that brings the same parties. Only 2% believe that this mainly contributes to the European economy.
Nevertheless, in relation to a possible impact on the basis, opinions are diverging: 42% believe that those who have suffered more will be European companies, 27% of US consumers say, 19% say that European consumers and 4% say that member states.
Von der Layen to the target
Responsibility for an uneven result is closely related to the European Commission, which is responsible for determining the commercial policy of the trade union.
About 61% consider the commission “mainly responsible”, rather than 28% of the accusing state -member states. During the negotiations, the capital expressed their opinion in an attempt to influence the process and protect their national interests. Experts noted that this is not a disclosive lobby weakened the position of the executive branch over the White House.
Impressive, 12% of the participants believe that the European parliament, which was essentially excluded from negotiations, was a “main responsible” factor.
The survey shows the powerful, universal disapproval of Ursula von der Leyen, who was exchanged by several phone calls with Donald Trump to complete the transaction conditions while both met at the end of July.
Their meeting in Scotland completed the agreement and immediately called A wave of criticism This continues to this day. After several days of silence, von der Lein published an article on opinions describing the agreement as “reliable, but incomplete”.
When he was asked about their assessment of the actions of von der Layenn, 75% of respondents believe that he defended European interests either “very badly” or “pretty bad”.
The minority of 19% believes that it defended the European interests “very good” or “pretty good”.
In the same way, 41%say that they do not have “trust” in von der Layen, followed by 31%, which are “not so confident” and 20%, which still have “sufficient trust”.
Negative leads to shocking 60% of respondents who say they are “very favorable” or “rather for the resignation of von der Leyen. The calls for its deletion are consistent in the five states participating in the survey, with France leading.
On the contrary, 26% say that they are “rather” or “very” in their resignation, while 14% say that they do not know what they feel.
Another point of disagreement is financial obligations taken by the commission on behalf of all states -member states. According to the agreement, the EU undertakes to spend $ 750 billion on US energy, invest $ 600 billion in the US economy and buy $ 40 billion in artificial intelligence chips in the United States by the end of the term.
About 76% of respondents are somewhat against obligations, and only 17% support them.
At the same time, 70% say that they are “ready to boycott” products manufactured in the United States.
The indignation expressed by respondents is apparently well informed: 71% say that they heard about the EU-Schu trade agreement and understand its content “good”.
This is a great percentage, since most politicians arising from Brussels either go unnoticed or incorrectly interpreted by the general public.
Meanwhile, 26% say that they heard about the trading agreement, but do not know “for sure” what it is. Only 3% say that they know nothing about her.
Finally, 44% of respondents believe that Trump is the “enemy” of Europe, 10% say that they are a “friend”, and 44% say that they are not one and.
Despite the widespread indignation, 70% want his country to remain a member of the EU, unlike 24%, which would prefer a pension on the Brexit type.