Enrico Mentana publishes the results of a survey on the war and is showered with criticism. The director of TG La7 published on his Instagram profile the Eurobarometer data (survey on European citizens’ perceptions and positions on various issues) on the Russian invasion of Ukraine published by the European Parliament. The question was: “Overall, do you support or disapprove of EU support for Ukraine?” and the majority of respondents in the 27 euro-zone countries answered “strongly agree” (36%) and “agree enough” (40%). ), while the overall disagreement percentage was 21% and the remaining 3% answered “don’t know”. .
However, Mentana was interested in the position of the Italians and the graph shows that we too support the work of the EU: 52% “sufficiently agree”, 15% “totally agree”. Consensus up 3 percentage points compared to the October/November 2022 survey. For the sake of completeness: 23% “sufficiently disagree”, 8 against and 2% “don’t know, don’t answer”. The director commented: “Eurobarometer data, greetings to those who have “but the majority of Italians…”. Subtext: They are against aid to Kiev. However, the post drew almost unanimous criticism from netizens, who accused the journalist of doggedly clinging to a pro-war narrative, making waste of the Italian constitution, which says Article 11 “rejects war”, and most importantly of spreading disinformation, Because the question was about the general support of Zelenskyy’s people, and not about the supply of weapons: “We all agree to provide economic, moral and human assistance, but not military assistance,” summarized one user.