Respondents Across Twelve European Countries Reveal What is Driving the Vote in the Upcoming European Union Elections

79% wanting to stay in the EU but 30% of them want the EU's powers to be reduced

Global - A new poll of respondents in twelve European countries indicates that for the upcoming European union elections, 42% will vote for the party with the best policies for their country followed by 13% who will vote for the party that has the best policies for Europe and a further one in 10 (11%) intend to lodge a protest vote about the way their country is being run.

The survey was released by Ipsos today and involved 9,333 respondents across Belgium, Croatia, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain and Sweden.

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