Eurobarometer survey: Europeans still prioritise security and defence investment

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Eurobarometer survey: Europeans still prioritise security and defence investment  Citizens are also demanding greater competitiveness from the EU, as well as the strengthening of the economy and industry to meet global challenges.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/03/25/eurobarometer-survey-europeans-still-prioritise-security-and-defence-investment  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Crises such as the war in Ukraine or Trump's tariffs on European products have led citizens

00:17to ask the EU to invest more in defence and security in 2025.

00:25There has also been a growing demand for competitiveness, as well as the strengthening of the economy

00:29and industry in order to face global challenges, a view that has become more widespread among

00:38the younger generation.

00:42Among the priorities Europeans keep on the list for strengthening the EU's position

00:46in the world, the most popular are economic.

00:50In contrast, food security and agriculture, as well as climate action and emissions reductions,

00:55fall by 5 and 6 points respectively.

00:59There has also been a slight increase in demand for education and research.

01:05The European Parliament presented the Eurobarometer results on Tuesday.

01:12In times of more uncertainties, people turn to the EU.

01:16For example, we see in the survey that's very high, the 74% of the Europeans believe that

01:24the EU has benefited, being part of the EU benefited to them.

01:28And it's the highest data that we have been recording since the question was first asked

01:33in 1983.

01:37European citizens also call on Parliament to take into account the cost of living and

01:41the employment situation.

01:44The perception that their standard of living will neither change for the better nor for

01:47the worse in the coming years is the most widespread among respondents.

01:52However, 7.7% more Europeans than in 2024 believe that their standard of living will

01:58get worse.

02:00More than ever, the public appreciates being part of the European Union, specifically 74%

02:06of those who voted, a result which has not been obtained since 1983.

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