The annual barometer of the Royal Institute Elkano confirms the censorship of Israeli behavior in the Gaza war with the Spaniards, 82% of which believe that this is genocide. This is an increase by 11 points compared to the report a year ago, which is an increase by almost 20%.
The consideration that the behavior of Israel is genocide is widespread even among the participants in the survey, which identify themselves as the right one, 62% of which sign it. 60% support the creation of the Palestinian state and increases slightly (from 37% to 38%) the percentage of those who believe that the decision of the conflict is to create a unique state with the same rights for Jews and Palestinians.
The work also states that those who believe that Israel “does what you need to protect against Hamas terrorism is five points to 23%and contradicts the usual arguments of the Israeli government, that the confrontation between its policy is anti -Semitism; Sympathy for Jews is 5.7, which is half a point than in the study of Elkano in 2016.
This good predisposition of the Spaniards with the Jews shows the maturity of a citizen, which corresponds to what happened after attacks on March 11, 2004, when antishamma did not increase, despite the inspiration of jihadists, as explained during the presentation of today’s report, the director of public opinion and the migration of the institute and Carmen Gonzalez. Gonzalez believes that this ability to divide all its parts dates back to the time of ETA terrorism and the differences between the supporters of the group and the Basque as a whole.
The expert, also a professor of political science UNED, excludes that the adoption of Jews is associated with the low demographic presence of the team in Spain; Compare this circumstance with a high rejection injured in Poland, a country with interest today, as well as a low level of Hebrew population.
The report on the center of the center is based on a telephone survey of 1000 people made in May, from which it is also extracted that the opinion of the Spaniards in the United States is the worst almost since demonstration studies are being conducted. The sympathy of the American authorities, on a scale of 0 to 10, is 5.1, seven tenths less than before the 2024 presidential elections, and below that the participants express China, which is 5.8. Donald Trump has a worst assessment than Xi Jinping, and it is better believed that Israeli Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian Vladimir Putin.
Gonzalez recalled that there are historical factors that explain a certain Spanish suspicion with the superpower, which dates from the time of Cuba of 1898, later seasoned in the rear of Franco in the 50s and even the survival of military bases in the national territory.
The decrease in US support seems to be closely related to the result of its current president Donald Trump, with harmful consequences for 61% of respondents. According to 83% of those who replied that the tariffs presented by the president are the main negative effect of their work.
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Spanish European continues in very high values; 83% believe that belonging to the EU is useful, but descends from 91% of 2021. It falls more in right -wing citizens who, until 2018, were most favorable, coinciding with the anti -community discourse of extreme law.
The fact of EU support, in any case, is much higher than in 2014, when the consequences of strict savings, forced public institutions, forced him to go down to 49%. This does not mean that the functioning of the EU mechanism remains completely unknown to citizens. 50% do not even know who is the president of the European Commission, although he was in his post for six years. But for his predecessor, Luxembourg Jean-Claude Junker, only 18% of respondents knew him in 2018.
50% of respondents believe that irregular immigration remains the biggest problem facing the EU, but this figure is five points less than in 2024. Ukraine is worried about 45%, and 52 even believe that Spain should send troops to “guarantee the security” of the country. The third European problem is 44%, social inequality and poverty.
