BERLIN – How long can Europe’s unity against Russia last? The unprecedented public and political unanimity within the EU, which has resulted in sanctions on Russia, Moscow’s political isolation and the welcoming of millions of Ukrainian refugees, may be at risk of fracturing. Nearly five months into the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine, new polling by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) reveals an EU public divided between, and within, countries on what outcome to push towards.
Across the bloc, the ECFR placed 35 per cent of voters within a dovish camp demanding peace as soon as possible, even at the cost of Kyiv making concessions to Moscow, which it termed the “peace camp”. Europeans who believe that peace can only come through Russia’s clear defeat, a group the ECFR named the “justice camp” were less numerous, at 22 per cent. A further 20 per cent are split between the two.
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