Ukrainians' trust in Biden and Scholz has slipped the most over last year

Mariya Yemets — Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 11:17

Compared to last year, US President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz have slipped the most in the ranking of foreign leaders trusted by Ukrainians, while French President Emmanuel Macron is the only leader for whom this figure has increased.

Source: a survey commissioned by the New Europe Centre, as reported by European Pravda

Details: According to the survey, 52.2% of respondents believe that Ukraine’s partners are not doing enough to ensure the country’s victory. This feeling is reflected in how much trust Ukrainians have in foreign leaders.

The leaders of public trust among Ukrainians are European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Polish President Andrzej Duda, 65% each.

In third place is Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (nearly 60%), and in fourth place is French President Emmanuel Macron (58.4%).

President of Moldova Maia Sandu rated fifth (57.3%).

The level of trust in US President Joe Biden has fallen the most: last year, he topped the rating with 82%, and now this figure is 55.2%.

Another leader whose rating has fallen a lot over the course of the past year is German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. A year ago, 61.4% of Ukrainians trusted him, and now this number is 24.5 percentage points lower.

It is worth noting that Andrzej Duda’s rating has also fallen by 13.1 percentage points since last year, and even more since 2022, when he topped the trust rating with 86.8%.

Macron was the only Western leader with an increase in trust in 2024: last year, he was trusted by 54.5% of Ukrainians, and this year by 58.4%.

The survey also found that more than 70% of Ukrainians support the idea of Ukraine’s gradual accession to NATO, based on the model of West Germany.

The survey was conducted by Info Sapiens on behalf of the New Europe Center between 15–27 November 2024.

A total of 1,000 respondents took part in the survey. The survey’s margin of error with a confidence level of 0.95 does not exceed 3.1%.

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