The ballot was performed on-line in late January — as France was within the midst of large-scale farmers’ protests — amongst 1,034 individuals forming a “nationally and politically consultant pattern.”
It was additionally carried out in Italy, the Netherlands, Germany and Poland, the place comparable outcomes had been discovered amongst samples of comparable sizes.
Far-right events are anticipated to make sizeable good points all over the place however in Poland, the place Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s liberal Civic Coalition is forecast to obtain 35 % of the vote.
In Germany, the far-right Different for Germany (AfD) is projected to win 17 % of the vote, up from 11 % within the 2019 EU election.
“The EU is heading into these elections with residents in a deeply pessimistic temper,” Portland Communications CEO Victoria Dean mentioned, including that voters had been “involved about points that are troublesome to repair.”
In France, Germany, Italy and Poland, the cost-of-living disaster topped voters’ agenda, whereas the housing disaster was the highest concern for Dutch respondents.