Perception of EU action as adequate at present: percentage points difference between 2016 and 2018

The overall rise in support for increased EU involvement in promotion of democracy and peace is 5 percentage points (see Figure 3). At Member State level, the most significant increase is in Romania (increase of 14 percentage points) and Poland (increase of 13 percentage points). Five Member States show a fall in the desire for intensified EU involvement in promotion of democracy and peace, but in only two of them is this trend more than marginal – Italy (decrease of 8 percentage points) and Austria (decrease of 7 percentage points).