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13 May 2019, 14:14
Kerstine Appunn

Germans consider climate issue biggest challenge for Europe on eve of EP elections

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Two weeks before the European Parliament elections, German voters have said that climate and environment protection are the biggest challenges for the future of the European Union,  in eight member states showed. In the survey, , 34 percent of participants said that climate action was the biggest challenge, followed by 32 percent who saw migration as the most crucial problem. Across the eight countries (France, Italy, Spain, Poland, Sweden, Hungary, Belgium), migration came first and climate second with 29 percent. In all countries, a majority of respondents said that EU membership was beneficial to their respective nations, with Germany and Poland polling the highest at a 70 percent approval rate.

WWF, climate change and environmental pollution came in third (1. Cohesion of EU, 2. Migration) among what Germans see as the greatest challenges for the European Union in the next ten years.

Energy transition concerns also came top for the first time (and overtook the usual front runner migration) in the which was published last week.

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