Desire to leave the EU by country 2023| ��ƽ��

Share of respondents agreeing or disagreeing that their country could face the future better outside of the European Union in 2023

Characteristic	Totally agree	Tend to agree	Don't know	Tend to disagree	Totally disagree
Poland	18%	29%	7%	23%	23%
Cyprus	18%	24%	7%	28%	23%
Slovenia	18%	23%	4%	33%	22%
Croatia	12%	28%	8%	31%	21%
Italy	13%	27%	8%	35%	17%
Romania	13%	25%	10%	30%	22%
Austria	14%	20%	10%	33%	23%
Czechia	11%	22%	7%	34%	26%
Belgium	11%	20%	4%	34%	31%
Bulgaria	11%	19%	16%	30%	24%
Greece	13%	16%	5%	37%	29%
France	11%	18%	11%	35%	25%
Hungary	6%	23%	6%	33%	32%
EU Average	10%	18%	8%	30%	34%
Latvia	8%	16%	11%	31%	34%
Estonia	9%	14%	12%	30%	35%
Slovakia	6%	16%	9%	31%	38%
Germany	6%	15%	8%	26%	45%
Luxembourg	5%	16%	5%	28%	46%
Malta	9%	11%	5%	27%	48%
Sweden	6%	14%	2%	28%	50%
Spain	5%	13%	7%	28%	47%
Portugal	3%	15%	7%	48%	27%
Ireland	4%	12%	6%	28%	50%
Lithuania	5%	10%	8%	29%	48%
Nethelands	6%	7%	2%	23%	62%
Finland	5%	8%	6%	30%	51%
Denmark	3%	7%	2%	22%	66%

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Release date

December 2023

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Survey time period

November 23rd to 17th 2023

Number of respondents

26,471 respondents

Age group

14 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Original question: to what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements? (Our Country) could better face the future outside the EU

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The share of respondents in the European Union stating that their country would fare better outside of the EU is at a low level in 2023. On average, around two-thirds of EU citizens disagree with the statement, with only 28 percent agreeing either partially or completely. This result mirrors the trend of declining euroscepticism across the EU in general, as citizens have become more positive about intra-European cooperation in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia-Ukraine crisis.

Regional variations in euroscepticism

Denmark remains the country with the smallest proportion of citizens thinking their country could do better outside the union, with other similar small countries with economies reliant on the EU showing similar trends, such as Finland, the Netherlands, and Lithuania. The countries with the greatest share of respondents agreeing that their country would do better outside the EU include Poland, Cyprus, Slovenia, Croatia, and Italy These countries tend to have strong contingents who disagree with the EU on cultural issues, notably far-right parties in Poland (PiS) and Italy (Brothers of Italy/Lega). Even in these countries with more eurosceptic populaces, all countries apart from Poland had a greater share of their population disagreeing that their country would be better off outside of the EU.