Over two-thirds of Europeans say their country cannot take Russia on militarily, new poll finds

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Over two-thirds of Europeans say their country cannot take Russia on militarily, new poll finds  The EU has put forward a steady stream of defence packages it says will ensure Europe is ready to defend itself against Russia by 2030. Citizens don't seem to feel that confident with two-thirds of Europeans suggesting their armies cannot take on Russia militarily, according to a new poll.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/12/04/over-two-thirds-of-europeans-say-their-country-cannot-take-russia-on-militarily-new-poll-f  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00A new poll revealed over two-thirds of Europeans believe their country would not be able to defend

00:07itself militarily against a Russian attack. The findings come just days after President

00:13Vladimir Putin said Russia is ready if Europe wants to wage war. The country with the highest

00:19confidence in its military's ability to take on Russia was France, although the majority of the

00:25respondents still had a negative outlook. The lowest rates were registered in Belgium, Italy and

00:30Portugal. According to the authors of the poll, geography plays a key role. Countries that feel

00:37less capable are geographically distant from Russia and therefore least likely to engage in direct

00:43military confrontation with Moscow. In response to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine,

00:50the EU has been pushing a massive rearmament effort, with hundreds of billions of euros poured

00:55in defence spending by EU countries. Yet the lack of confidence of the general public suggests that

01:02the many announcements made by member states to do so is not resonating with a large segment of

01:08the European population.

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