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The European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) is an European think-tank which seeks to conduct research and promote debate across Europe.

In the ECFR/YouGov Report (dated: April 2019) the question was asked: What do you think is the single biggest threat in Europe today?

What do you think is the single biggest threat in Europe today?

1 Climate change
2 Economic crisis & Trade wars
3 Islamic radicals
4 Migration
5 Nationalism in Europe
6 Russia
Fourteen EU countries were polled and the two highest responses collated for each country appear in the table below.


EU Country Threat

1. Germany
82,438,639 (population) 1
23%   Islamic radicals (1st threat, biggest) 2
12%   Migration (2nd threat) 2

Climate change, Economic crisis & Trade wars, Nationalism in Europe, and Russia scored lower percentages.

2. France
65,480,710
26%   Islamic radicals
16%   Migration

3. Italy
59,216,525

28%   Economic

19%   Islamic radicals

4. Spain
46,441,049
23%   Islamic radicals
18%   Economic

5. Poland
38,028,278
21%   Islamic radicals
15%   Russia

6. Romania
19,483,360

28%   Economic

19%   Russia

7. Netherlands
17,132,908
33%   Islamic radicals
9%   Migration

8. Greece
11,124,603

30%   Economic

17%   Nationalism

9. Czech Republic
10,630,589
25%   Islamic radicals
22%   Migration

10. Sweden
10,053,135
21%   Islamic radicals
16%   Migration

11. Hungary
9,655,361

25%   Migration

17%   Islamic radicals

12. Austria
8,766,201
23%   Islamic radicals
16%   Migration

13. Denmark
5,775,224
20%   Islamic radicals
14%   Migration

14. Slovakia
5,450,987
22%   Islamic radicals
17%   Migration

TOTAL
389,677,569
22%   Islamic radicals (1st biggest threat)
14%   Migration (2nd threat)

Of the 14 EU countries polled, 10 countries regard 'Islamic radicals' as the single biggest threat to Europe today.

Europeans fear Islamic radicalism more than any other threat. 3


NOTES
1 2019 Population figures are presented for indicative purposes only. The ECFR/YouGov report is based on 'representative sample sizes' and not population figures.
http://www.worldometers.info/population/countries-in-europe-by-population
2 Threat Percents % are estimated from the What is the single biggest threat to Europe today? bar charts on page 10 of ECFR/YouGov report:
ecfr.eu/page/ECFR_What_Europeans_Really_Want_Five_Myths_Debunked.pdf
3 Page 9 of ECFR/YouGov report

For further information and clarification, refer to the original report.

CREDIT
What Europeans Really Want: Five Myths Debunked
https://www.ecfr.eu/page/ECFR_What_Europeans_Really_Want_Five_Myths_Debunked.pdf
http://www.worldometers.info/population/countries-in-europe-by-population/

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