Attitudes towards EU membership referendum 2018

This statistic illustrates how European citizens would vote in a potential referendum regarding their country's EU membership, as of 2018. According to the data, support for remaining in the EU is the highest in Ireland and Luxembourg with 85 percent each, followed by Sweden (83 percent), Germany (82 percent) and Netherlands (80 percent). Even though the United Kingdom voted to leave the EU in the Brexit referendum of 2016, 53 percent of respondents in the survey would vote to remain.

If a referendum was held tomorrow regarding your country's membership of the EU, how would you vote?*

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Release date

October 2018

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Survey time period

September 8- 26, 2018

Number of respondents

27,474 respondents

Age group

15 years and older

Special properties

European citizens

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

* This question was phrased by the source as follows: "If a referendum was held tomorrow regarding (Our Country)'s membership of the EU, how would you vote?''

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