Europeans are more focused on curbing immigration than on climate change, and few people interviewed around the world think climate change is in their government's top three priorities. not here.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Europeans are more focused on curbing immigration than on climate change, according to a global survey on Wednesday, and among those interviewed around the world, climate issues are a priority for their governments. Less than 15% thought it was in their top three issues.
A survey commissioned by the Denmark-based think tank Democracies Alliance Foundation found that “in many European countries, the proportion of people who think 'reducing immigration' should be a top government priority has increased sharply. ” he said.
Germany leads the way when it comes to wanting the government to focus on reducing immigration, with 44%, and nearly a quarter of Germans surveyed said fighting climate change was a priority. .
Globally, 33% think climate change is one of the world's three major challenges, but only 33% say combating climate change should be one of governments' top three priorities. Only 14% of them
The Democracy Perception Index, based on nearly 63,000 interviews in 53 countries, found that 85% of those surveyed said it was important for them to have democracy in their country. However, governments do not always meet people's expectations. His 58% of respondents were satisfied with the state of democracy in their country, while the rest were dissatisfied.
The study said dissatisfaction is not limited to non-democratic countries. It was also prevalent in the United States, Europe, and other regions with long democratic traditions. In Europe, about a third of Hungarians believe they live in a democracy.
The survey was based on interviews conducted in February and April. The margin of error for all countries sampled was approximately 2.9 percentage points.
