Europe & Russia

Worldwide, both government restrictions on religion and social hostilities involving religion decreased modestly from 2013 to 2014 despite a rise in religion-related terrorism, according to Pew Research Center’s latest annual study on global restrictions on religion.1 Of the 198 countries included in the study, 24% had high or very high levels of government restrictions in […]

At a time when many Europeans are looking inward after years of economic and political crises, the Greeks stand out as even more focused on their country’s own problems and as the most wary of global economic engagement.

But the U.S. and Europe are quite different when it comes to their migrant populations’ origin countries.

The UK has the fifth-largest immigrant population in the world, at 8.5 million.

The recent historic migration surge into Europe has led to a large jump in the immigrant share of populations in many European nations, with the notable exceptions of the UK and France, which saw more modest increases.

The United States and its European allies have maintained a strong transatlantic relationship for more than half a century, even if Americans and Europeans have not always seen eye-to-eye on foreign policy issues.

A new Pew Research Center survey of 10 European nations finds a population looking inward.

Many favor looking inward to focus on domestic issues, while others question whether commitments to allies should take precedence over national interests.

Nearly two-thirds of Britons say they want the EU to return certain powers to national governments. Only 6% want to transfer more powers to the Brussels-based institution.

There is significant opposition in key European countries to an ever closer EU.