EU countries helping the UK in a crisis 2020

European Union member states showed a general level of unwillingness to help the United Kingdom in the event of a crisis, according to a survey conducted in April 2020. When the share of those that unwilling to help the UK in a hypothetical crisis is subtracted from those that are, just four countries had a net score above zero (Denmark, Poland, Sweden and Romania). The average across all fourteen countries surveyed was minus eight, with Greek respondents being the least inclined to help the UK at negative 35.

Do you think your country should or should not be willing to offer financial help to the United Kingdom in a crisis? (net score*)

Characteristic	Net willingness to help the UK
Denmark	16
Poland	12
Sweden	7
Romania	6
Italy	-2
Netherlands	-2
Lithuania	-4
EU Average	-8
Germany	-13
Spain	-14
Hungary	-15
France	-25
Finland	-30
Greece	-35

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Release date

August 2020

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Survey time period

April 17-29, 2020

Number of respondents

5,152**

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

Adults in EU member states

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

The question was worded by the source as follows: "Imagine a country suffered some kind of major crisis, and was looking for help from others. Do you think [country] should or should not be willing to offer financial help to each of the following countries?"

*Net score in this case is the share of people that are willing to help the United Kingdom, minus those that are unwilling to help.

**Survey count for individual countries is as follows: France: 268
Germany: 548
Sweden: 525
Greece: 267
Hungary; 270
Italy; 534
Lithuania: 267
Netherlands: 268
Poland: 264
Romania: 267
Spain: 598

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