There is still strong support for the European project, but it is no longer unconditional. Over two thirds of Europeans see the EU as a place of stability in a troubled word. More than 80% support the EU’s four founding freedoms. 70% of euro area citizens support the common currency.

However, citizens’ trust in the EU has decreased in line with that for national authorities.

Around a third of citizens trust the EU today, when about half of Europeans did so ten years ago.