Europeans and populism

Europeans and populism

COMPAR

Methodology

2

GERMANY FRANCE UK THE NETHERLANDS

Fieldwork June 19th - 22nd From 21th to 26nd June 2017

Interviewing was conducted

by online self-completion from

20th - 22nd June 2017

16-20 June

Sample

1.000 persons randomly

selected from the universe

(=persons entitled to vote in

federal elections in Germany

(Germans 18+)).

Sample weighted on age, sex,

and level of education.

A sample of 1524 French

adults aged 18+ were

interviewed.

A sample of 1229 UK adults

aged 18+ were interviewed.n=1.059

MethodCATI (Dual-Frame: 70%

landline and 30% mobile

numbers).

CAWI

This study was conducted in

The UK via OnLineBus, an

Internet omnibus survey

Online, CAWI

Satisfaction with the way democracy works

3

Q1 All in all, are you very satisfied, fairly satisfied, not very satisfied or not at all satisfied

with the way democracy works in (COUNTRY)?

7

57

28

8Total SatisfiedTotal Not satisfied

36% 64%

Not at all satisfied

Fairly satisfied

Not very satisfied

Don’t know

Very satisfied

GERMANY


4



6

45

30

15


45% 51%


Fairly satisfied

Not very satisfied

Don’t know

Very satisfied

FRANCE


5



9

38

30

11


41% 47%


Fairly satisfied

Not very satisfied

Don’t know

Very satisfied

UK


6



7

52

24

11


35% 60%


Fairly satisfied

Not very satisfied

Don’t know

Very satisfied

NETHERLANDS


7


Very satisfied 7% 6% 9% 7%

Fairly satisfied 57% 45% 38% 52%

Total Satisfied 64% 51% 47% 60%

Not very satisfied 28% 30% 30% 24%

Not at all satisfied 8% 15% 11% 11%

Total Not satisfied 36% 45% 41% 35%

Don’t know 0% 4% 12% 5%



ALL COUNTRIES

Don’t know

NOT SATISFIED

SATISFIED

64

36

0

GERMANY

51 45

4

France

60

35

5

NL

47 41

12

UK

8

All in all, are you very satisfied, fairly

satisfied, not very satisfied or not at all

satisfied with the way democracy works in

(COUNTRY)?


Feelings toward different terms

9

5

11

47

45

45

49

49

53

54

43

54

48

42

35

1

3

3

7

11

8

12

13

13

32

25

33

47

55

29

49

37

31

31

31

31

26

25

17

15

13

9

7

63

28

8

10

6

8

3

5

5

7

2

4

1

2

2

9

5

7

7

4

5

3

3

1

4

2

1

1Democracy

Elections

European Union

Trade unions

The Euro

Media

Globalisation

Political Parties

Immigration

Multinationals

Refugees

Political leaders

Brexit

Donald Trump

90

89

81

79

75

67

66

61

57

56

52

50

14

6

Total Positive

Q2 Could you please tell me for each of the following, whether the term brings to mind

something very positive, fairly positive, fairly negative or very negative?

Very positiveFairly negative Fairly positiveDon’t know Very negative

GERMANY


10

45

48

45

43

43

33

31

33

19

19

18

16

16

8

22

12

11

9

4

3

5

2

6

2

1

2

1

2

20

22

25

27

31

36

34

40

33

32

45

35

47

22

8

11

14

15

12

19

23

20

25

38

30

36

30

61

5

7

5

6

10

9

7

5

17

9

6

11

6

7

FRANCE

Democracy

The Euro

European Union

Elections

Multinationals

Globalisation

Trade unions

Media

Brexit

Immigration

Political leaders

Refugees

Political parties

Donald Trump

67

60

56

52

47

36

36

35

25

21

19

18

17

10

Total Positive





11

41

23

33

29

31

31

24

27

25

22

22

20

18

16

13

16

6

8

4

4

10

6

6

6

5

3

2

4

28

26

37

33

40

37

33

37

39

38

37

43

45

23

8

27

17

17

19

14

23

15

20

23

26

26

27

49

10

8

7

13

6

14

10

15

10

11

10

8

8

8

UK

Democracy

Brexit

Elections

Trade Unions

Media

Globalisation

The European Union

Multinationals

The Euro

Refugees

Immigration

Political parties

Political leaders

Donald Trump

54

39

39

37

35

35

34

33

31

28

27

23

20

20

Total Positive





12

20

21

26

26

31

35

29

39

39

34

38

37

33

22

4

8

13

7

9

6

6

11

14

20

14

19

30

67

8

8

10

15

10

9

25

10

10

10

18

13

20

6

49

49

44

46

41

47

37

37

35

33

29

28

12

4

19

15

8

5

9

3

3

1

1

2

2

3

5

1

NETHERLANDS

68

63

52

52

50

50

39

40

36

35

31

31

17

5

Total Positive




Democracy

The Euro

European Union

Trade unions

Elections

Media

Globalisation

Political parties

Political leaders

Refugees

Multinationals

Immigration

Brexit

Donald Trump


13

ALL COUNTRIES

Total Positive GERMANY FRANCE UK THE NETHERLANDS

Political parties 61% 17% 23% 39%

Media 67% 35% 35% 50%

Globalisation 66% 36% 35% 40%

Immigration 57% 21% 27% 31%

Refugees 52% 18% 28% 35%

Elections 89% 52% 39% 50%

European Union 81% 56% 34% 52%

The Euro 75% 60% 31% 63%

Donald Trump 6% 10% 20% 5%

Brexit 14% 25% 39% 17%

Political leaders 50% 19% 20% 39%

Democracy 90% 67% 54% 68%

Multinationals 56% 47% 33% 31%

Trade unions 79% 36% 37% 52%



14

31

27

34

35

33

33

11

28

26

39

45

54

45

36

28

19

18

9

10

8

8

3

3

2

3

1

4

4

1

2The politicians in the German parliament

need to follow the will of the people

Elected officials talk too much and take too

little action

The elite has a totally different view on

political issues than the people

I would rather be represented by a citizen

than by a professional politician

The people and not politicians should make

our most important policy decisions

If politicians accept a compromise, they are

selling out on their principles

87

78

74

60

55

42

Statements related to populism (1/3)

Q3 To what extent do you agree with each of the following statements :

Totally agreeTend to disagree Tend to agreeDon’t know Totally disagree

GERMANY

Total agree

15

47

41

48

43

39

37

42

47

37

31

34

20

6

7

9

14

17

27

1

1

1

3

3

7

4

4

5

9

7

9

Total agree

The politicians in the French parliament need

to follow the will of the people


little action









89

88

85

74

73

57

Statements related to populism (1/3)FRANCE



16

43

46

42

40

39

34

36

33

33

19

19

11

9

11

11

23

25

36

2

2

3

3

4

4

10

8

11

15

13

15

The politicians in the UK parliament need to

follow the will of the people.


little action.








selling out on their principles.

79

79

75

59

58

45

Statements related to populism (1/3)UK



Total agree

17

11

20

16

35

36

36

2

4

2

4

11

12

5

11

15

16

9

18

61

51

49

38

32

27

21

15

17

7

12

8

82

67

66

45

44

35

Statements related to populism (1/3)NETHERLANDS



Total agree

The politicians in the Dutch parliament need

to follow the will of the people


little action










18

ALL COUNTRIES

Total agree GERMANY FRANCE UK THE NETHERLANDS

The politicians in our parliament need

to follow the will of the people87% 89% 79% 82%

The people and not politicians should

make our most important policy

decisions

55% 73% 58% 44%


political issues than the people74% 85% 75% 67%

I would rather be represented by a

citizen than by a professional politician60% 74% 59% 35%

Elected officials talk too much and take

too little action78% 88% 79% 66%

If politicians accept a compromise, they

are selling out on their principles42% 57% 45% 45%


19

11

20

17

33

29

13

8

20

4

32

30

49

39

45

33

44

16

23

14

5

2

7

1

4

1Most politicians do not understand the

problems of people like us

Most political leaders are honest

Nowadays in our country more is done for

foreigners than for German people

For more than twenty years, the elites in

Germany have completely failed

What we need in Germany is a strong leader

who restores order


61

37

37

28

24



GERMANY

Total agree

20

43

44

41

32

24

43

37

36

28

4

9

10

12

21

34

1

2

5

12

31

4

7

6

7

7

FRANCE

Total agree

Most politicians do not understand the



France have completely failed

What we need in France is a strong leader who

restores order


foreigners than for French people



86

81

77

60

28



21

40

44

34

29

24

38

30

23

24

4

10

14

18

23

38

3

4

3

11

23

9

8

22

13

11

UK

Total agree

What we need in the UK is a strong leader

who restores order


problems of people

For more than twenty years, the elites in the

UK have completely failed

Nowadays in the United Kingdom more is

done for foreigners than for British people



78

74

57

53

28



22

18

33

27

26

42

5

3

12

5

14

9

9

11

26

16

48

42

35

31

27

19

13

15

12

1

NETHERLANDS


67

55

50

43

28



What we need in Netherlands is a strong

leader who restores order




foreigners than for the Dutch people


Netherlands have completely failed


Total agree


23

ALL COUNTRIES


Most political leaders are honest 37% 28% 28% 28%

Nowadays in our country more is done

for foreigners than for the

German/French/Dutch/British

37% 60% 53% 50%


problems of people like us61% 86% 74% 55%


our country have completely failed 28% 81% 57% 43%

What we need in our country is a strong

leader who restores order 24% 77% 78% 67%


24

9

19

18

25

24

50

8

8

9

6

20

32

36

49

51

42

37

13

46

21

18

13

14

2

1

3

4

14

5

3

Total agree

Globalisation is an opportunity for our

economy

Germany is a better place to live than 10

years ago

Germany will be a better place to live in 10

years from now

Globalisation threatens our social and welfare

systems

Globalisation threatens Germany's identity

You feel marginalised in your own country

82

44

31

27

27

17




GERMANY

25

36

46

34

23

25

21

19

9

16

11

4

3

30

26

31

33

22

40

5

9

9

24

19

22

10

10

10

9

30

14

Total agree

Globalisation threatens our social and

welfare systems


economy

Globalisation threatens France's identity


France will be a better place to live in 10

years from now

France is a better place to live than 10 years

ago

55

55

50

34

29

24

Statements related to populism (3/3) FRANCE



26

40

30

32

30

25

23

10

16

11

11

6

6

24

29

31

33

32

38

6

9

6

6

13

19

20

16

21

20

24

14

Total agree


economy


Globalisation threatens the United

Kingdom's identity


welfare systems

The United Kingdom will be a better place to

live in 10 years from now

The United Kingdom is a better place to live

than 10 years ago

50

46

42

41

31

29

Statements related to populism (3/3) UK



27

18

32

33

43

39

26

3

6

6

21

10

10

29

27

31

10

27

44

43

29

24

21

21

17

7

6

6

5

3

3

Total agree

49

35

30

26

24

20

Statements related to populism (3/3) NETHERLANDS




economy

Globalisation threatens Netherlands' identity

Globalisation threatens our social and welfare

systems


Netherlands are a better place to live than 10

years ago

Netherlands will be a better place to live in 10

years from now


28

ALL COUNTRIES


Globalisation threatens our country's

identity27% 50% 42% 35%


economy82% 55% 50% 49%


welfare systems27% 55% 41% 30%

You feel marginalised in your own

country17% 34% 46% 26%

Our country is a better place to live than

10 years ago44% 24% 29% 24%

Our country will be a better place to live

in 10 years from now31% 29% 31% 20%


Opinion about political leaders

29

25

27

31

33

32

45

41

50

48

52

52

55

62

64

65

68

4

6

4

3

9

6

11

8

10

10

13

12

11

15

16

15

58

48

54

48

43

40

40

34

32

30

29

29

20

16

12

13

11

16

8

14

10

5

7

7

6

5

4

3

3

1

2

2

2

3

3

2

6

4

1

1

4

3

2

1

4

4

5

2Growing our country’s economy

Strengthening the role and influence of our country in the

world

Developing our country’s relations with the European Union

Preserving our country’s patrimony and culture

Caring for the environment and climate change issues

Providing good Health care and social security

Fighting unemployment

Fighting terrorism

Fighting crime and improving security

Ensuring good education

Fighting discrimination

Fighting corruption

Regulating immigration and integration

Reducing inequalities

Securing pensions

Fighting poverty and exclusion

Very goodRather bad Rather goodDon’t know Very bad

Q4 Would you say that political leaders are very good, rather good, rather bad or very bad in

dealing with these issues:

83

81

79

73

67

65

62

58

58

52

51

41

36

35

33

29

GERMANY

Total Good


30

48

45

42

38

36

30

29

27

24

22

20

16

14

14

13

10

5

4

4

2

3

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

2

1

2

1

26

26

32

35

31

40

37

44

44

48

41

39

35

47

48

48

12

19

18

16

26

22

27

23

23

22

32

39

43

34

33

38

9

6

4

9

4

6

5

4

7

7

6

5

6

4

4

3

FRANCE




Strengthening the role and influence of our country in the world

Fighting terrorism





Growing our country’s economy

Securing pensions

Fighting corruption








53

49

46

40

39

32

31

29

26

23

21

17

16

15

15

11

Total Good


31

30

31

33

30

29

29

30

29

28

26

23

22

22

21

19

16

9

7

5

6

7

5

4

4

5

6

5

5

5

5

4

4

31

38

40

37

37

38

37

38

34

40

40

40

41

41

44

42

19

13

12

17

14

19

15

16

18

14

17

20

18

17

21

28

11

11

10

11

14

9

14

13

15

14

15

13

14

16

12

10

UK

Fighting terrorism





Providing good health care and social security





Reducing inequality

Fighting corruption

Securing pensions







39

38

38

36

36

34

34

33

33

32

28

27

27

26

23

20

Total Good


32

16

19

22

20

23

31

37

36

37

40

38

42

44

45

45

50

5

9

7

5

5

10

13

8

17

12

15

11

16

17

20

13

14

16

17

23

26

16

9

15

7

10

15

13

12

14

13

15

59

52

48

49

44

41

37

39

35

36

29

31

25

23

19

21

6

3

6

3

2

2

4

2

4

2

4

2

3

1

3

1

NETHERLANDS




65

56

53

52

46

43

41

41

39

39

33

33

28

24

23

22



Fighting terrorism








Fighting corruption




Securing pensions


Total Good

33

ALL COUNTRIES

Total Good GERMANY FRANCE UK THE NETHERLANDS

Fighting unemployment 62% 11% 36% 41%

Fighting crime and improving security 58% 31% 38% 39%

Regulating immigration and integration 36% 16% 20% 24%

Reducing inequalities 35% 15% 28% 22%

Fighting discrimination 51% 26% 32% 33%

Fighting corruption 41% 17% 27% 33%

Ensuring good education 52% 29% 38% 41%

Providing good Health care and social security 65% 46% 34% 39%

Securing pensions 33% 21% 27% 23%

Fighting poverty and exclusion 29% 15% 23% 28%

Caring for the environment and climate change issues 67% 32% 33% 43%

Strengthening the role and influence of our country in the

world81% 40% 34% 46%

Developing our country’s relations with the European

Union79% 53% 26% 52%

Fighting terrorism 58% 39% 39% 53%

Preserving our country’s patrimony and culture 73% 49% 33% 56%

Growing our country’s economy 83% 23% 36% 65%




Voter’s motivation

34

50

41

9

Don’t know

Q5 For the last/next election, did you/will you vote for a party/candidate mainly because:

GERMANY

You share their views

You are frustrated with others


35

5537

8



Don’t know


FRANCE


36

43

23

34



Don’t know


UK


37

6215

23 You share their views


Don’t know


NETHERLANDS


38


You share their views 50% 55% 43% 62%

You are frustrated with

others41% 37% 23% 15%

Don’t know 9% 8% 34% 23%


ALL COUNTRIES

Don’t know



50 41

9

GERMANY

5537

8

France

62

15 23

NL

4323

34

UK

39

For the last/next election, did you/will you

vote for a party/candidate mainly because:


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