Europe's defence: These Western European countries think World War III is imminent

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Europe's defence: These Western European countries think World War III is imminent  As geopolitical stability continues to be undermined, the prospect of another global conflict haunts many Europeans.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/05/23/europes-defence-these-western-european-countries-think-world-war-iii-is-imminent  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Do Europeans think a third world war is imminent?

00:07As geopolitical stability continues to be undermined,

00:10the prospect of another global conflict haunts many Europeans.

00:14This is what a new YouGov survey found after interviewing more than 7,000 people

00:19from Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.

00:23Between 41% and 55% of respondents in each country

00:27think that another world war is likely to occur within the next 5 to 10 years.

00:33The vast majority expect that such a conflict would involve the use of nuclear weapons.

00:38They also expect that their nation would be involved,

00:40ranging from 66% in Italy to 89% in Great Britain.

00:46However, only France believes that its armed forces could effectively defend the country

00:50in the event of a World War III at 44%.

00:54The other four countries lack confidence in their armed forces' ability to defend their country,

00:59especially Germany, where only 16% have confidence and Italy, with 20%.

01:05Russia tops the list as the biggest obstacle to peace in Europe,

01:09with up to 82% of Western Europeans seeing it as a major or moderate threat on the continent.

01:16With Donald Trump making threats against Greenland, as well as his tons on Ukraine,

01:20more than half of the surveyed people in Spain, Germany and France

01:24see tensions between Europe and the US as a major or moderate threat to continental peace.

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