Winning on the battlefield is not the only goal Wladimir Putin haunted since February 24 when Russian troops invadedUkraine. splitting theEurope is the other goal Moscow wants to achieve, because if the old continent is divided, the Kremlin can count more geopolitically. After more than seven months of war, public opinion in Europe is changing and increasingly fragmented. This emerges from the research ofEuropean country for foreign relations. The data collected – from 8000 respondents – divide Europeans into two camps: the field of peace and the field of justice. The former want to reach an agreement on a ceasefire immediately, even if it involves territorial concessions to Russia. The latter will only be happy when Putin is defeated, whatever the cost. This is a schematic division which – stresses the ECFR – European governments must try to put back together as the war in Ukraine risks becoming a conflict of attrition. In the ten countries surveyed, 35% of respondents work in the field of peace and 22% in the field of justice. The undecided are 20%. It is important to note that neither the pacifist side nor that of the judiciary supports Russia, which is transversally identified as a war culprit in all countries. However, there are significant nuances.
Whose fault is it – In all states except Great Britain and Poland, pacifists predominate. L’Italy However, it is the country where a higher percentage of people believe the war is to be blamed on the western bloc, which despite this alignment remains a minority. there Finland Instead, the ranking, which claims responsibility lies with Russia, leads closely behind United Kingdom and from Poland. There are also rifts between different political parties within individual countries. In general, it is the parties and right-wing parties that fill the field of justice, but there are exceptions. In Italy voters from all political groups prefer peace to justice and is the party with the most “pacifist” voters brothers of Italy, where the percentage reaches 60%. The second party in this sense is the Lega.
How to help Ukraine – Economic support and arms supplies are two ways of helping Kyiv that citizens of the Union generally agree on. According to 50% of pacifists, it is necessary to cut all economic ties with Moscow after the invasion, while for 42% it is also necessary to cut back with that Russian culture. The percentages increase significantly when we consider who is on the judiciary block: 83% and 74%, respectively. Kyiv recently made a formal application for entry Born, although Stoltenberg refrained from explaining that Ukraine had to follow standard procedure and reach unanimity. Meanwhile, those involved in the judiciary support this hypothesis – 71% – while only 37% of pacifists agree.
Germany and Italy, two countries in comparison – Both countries argue that responsibility for the war lies with Moscow, but opinions differ widely on how to support the government in Kyiv. In Berlin, 52% of respondents approve of mailing additional weapons, while in Rome it is only a minority at 45%. Italy is the only European country where the majority of citizens are against the delivery of new armaments. Very distant views on Russia’s role in the process Peace: For 63% of Germans, Moscow is the main problem, for Italians the proportion drops to 39%.