The Daily Populous Thursday April 9th, 2026 day edition
Authored by politico.eu and submitted by Free-Minimum-5844

At the national level, the threat from Washington outranked Beijing in four countries, with only respondents in France and Poland perceiving the threat from China to be higher.

Signaling a hardening of views toward the U.S., the poll also pointed to a deepening contradiction at the heart of European security politics. Voters want Europe to be better armed and more self-reliant as trust in the U.S. erodes, but their appetite fades if defense means personal sacrifice, bigger budgets or open-ended support for Ukraine.

Russia is a clear foe — it was seen as a threat by 70 percent of all respondents.

The European Pulse survey, conducted by Cluster17 for POLITICO and beBartlet, polled 6,698 Europeans across Spain, Germany, France, Italy, Poland and Belgium from March 13 to March 21.

People in Spain were the most negative on the United States, with 51 percent saying Washington posed a threat to Europe, the highest share among those surveyed. Madrid has taken the lead in opposing the war Trump launched in February against Iran and has been scolded by the president for its low defense spending.

In Italy, 46 percent said the U.S. was a threat, a stance backed by 42 percent of Belgians, 37 percent of French respondents and 30 percent of Germans.

Exact_Patience_9767 on April 9th, 2026 at 04:35 UTC »

Don't be a threat to Europe, Trump. It's where all your wives are imported from.

ILoveTheAtomicBomb on April 9th, 2026 at 04:31 UTC »

I mean it’s not like Trump threatened to take Greenland by force, tariffs the hell of out the EU, throws childish tantrums on his social media about how weak EU is, and plunges the world into a financial downturn

Yeah I really can’t imagine why. Screw all these inbred hick MAGA supporters

bijelo123 on April 9th, 2026 at 04:26 UTC »

As a European, we see him as a threat when he constantly threatens to annex his former NATO partners' land