This statistic shows the United Kingdom (UK) public opinion on the 2020 European Union (EU) objective that the number of Europeans living below the poverty line should be reduced by a quarter by 2020, as of May 2017. This was considered too modest by 17 percent of respondents.
Would you say that the European Union's objective that the number of Europeans living below the poverty line should be reduced by a quarter by 2020 is too ambitious, about right or too modest?*
*The original question was phrased as: Thinking about each of the following objectives to be reached by 2020 in the EU, would you say that it is too ambitious, about right or too modest? The number of Europeans living below the poverty line should be reduced by a quarter by 2020.
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European Commission. (August 31, 2017). Would you say that the European Union's objective that the number of Europeans living below the poverty line should be reduced by a quarter by 2020 is too ambitious, about right or too modest?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 28, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/379332/public-opinion-uk-on-poverty-reduction-objectives-of-european-union-eu-for-2020/
European Commission. "Would you say that the European Union's objective that the number of Europeans living below the poverty line should be reduced by a quarter by 2020 is too ambitious, about right or too modest?*." Chart. August 31, 2017. Statista. Accessed June 28, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/379332/public-opinion-uk-on-poverty-reduction-objectives-of-european-union-eu-for-2020/
European Commission. (2017). Would you say that the European Union's objective that the number of Europeans living below the poverty line should be reduced by a quarter by 2020 is too ambitious, about right or too modest?*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 28, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/379332/public-opinion-uk-on-poverty-reduction-objectives-of-european-union-eu-for-2020/
European Commission. "Would You Say That The European Union's Objective That The Number of Europeans Living below The Poverty Line Should Be Reduced by a Quarter by 2020 Is Too Ambitious, about Right or Too Modest?*." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Aug 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/379332/public-opinion-uk-on-poverty-reduction-objectives-of-european-union-eu-for-2020/
European Commission, Would you say that the European Union's objective that the number of Europeans living below the poverty line should be reduced by a quarter by 2020 is too ambitious, about right or too modest?* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/379332/public-opinion-uk-on-poverty-reduction-objectives-of-european-union-eu-for-2020/ (last visited June 28, 2022)
