Organizations, Alliances & Treaties

Roughly 20 million people who were born in a country now a part of the European Union have moved from their birth country and now live in another EU nation.

While few citizens in Europe want their country to leave the EU, many would support a vote on their country's EU membership. Frustrations remain over Brussels' handling of economic and refugee issues.

Ahead of the June 8th general election, the British public is split on Brexit’s consequences and unsure of how much to trust their national government.

Views of the security alliance have grown more positive in North America and Europe, but there are sharp political and partisan differences.

The European Union, Norway and Switzerland received nearly 66,000 asylum applications from unaccompanied minor migrants (those younger than 18 applying without a parent or guardian) in 2016, a decline of nearly 40% from 2015’s record total but still well above the total of prior years, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of data from Eurostat, the EU’s statistical agency.

In 2016, European Union countries, Norway and Switzerland received more than 1.2 million asylum applications, below the record 1.3 million applications received in 2015.

Learn more about a variety of factors driving the anti-establishment sentiments that are spreading throughout much of Europe.

A combination of strong anti-refugee sentiment and above-average disdain for minority groups sets Hungary apart from many of its fellow European Union nations.

Majorities or pluralities in 17 of 19 countries we surveyed have a positive view of the United Nations.

A median of 57% across the 11 NATO member countries surveyed voiced favorable views of the coalition, with only about a quarter (median of 27%) expressing negative opinions.