EU public opinion sees Trump as an “Enemy”

According to The Guardian, on average, 77% of respondents said the trade deal between the EU and the US would primarily benefit the American economy.

The poll, carried out by the French research institute Cluster17 and published today (Tuesday), showed that overall, 77% of respondents—including 89% in France and 50% in Poland—believe the agreement mainly favors the US economy. Only 2% said they thought the deal would also benefit Europe.

Among the five EU countries surveyed, which together make up 60% of the Union’s population, an average of 52% described the trade agreement signed between US President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen as “humiliating.”

Under the deal, the EU is set to eliminate tariffs on all US industrial goods and grant preferential access to a wide range of American seafood and agricultural products. In return, most EU exports to the US will face a standard 15% tariff.

In addition, European companies are expected to invest $600 billion more in the US, the EU must purchase $750 billion worth of American energy, and substantially increase funding for US defense investments—obligations that more than two-thirds of survey respondents viewed negatively.

The survey highlighted that most people in the five largest EU member states believe the European Commission, in negotiating what they see as a “humiliating” tariff deal with Trump, sold out the interests of European citizens in favor of the US.