{"id":4279,"date":"2025-12-04T08:56:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T08:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=4279"},"modified":"2025-12-04T08:56:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T08:56:01","slug":"most-germans-french-see-high-risk-of-war-with-russia-survey-shows-russia-ukraine-war-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=4279","title":{"rendered":"Most Germans, French see \u2018high risk\u2019 of war with Russia, survey shows | Russia-Ukraine war News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Just over half of citizens across nine European countries believe there is a high risk of a conflict, French poll finds.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"byline byline--single-avatar\">\n<div class=\"avatars-container\">\n<div class=\"responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/jp-1730786685-rotated.jpg?resize=96%2C96&amp;quality=80 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 96px) 96px, 96px\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 4 Dec 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">4 Dec 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>A majority of citizens in Germany, France, the Netherlands and several other European Union member states believe there is a high chance of Russia going to war with their country, a survey has found.<\/p>\n<p>Across nine European countries surveyed, just over half of respondents said the risk of war was \u201chigh\u201d or \u201cvery high\u201d, the survey by French pollster Cluster17 showed on Thursday.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Poland, which shares a border with Russia and was formerly a part of the Soviet Union, showed by far the most anxiety about war, with 77 percent of respondents seeing a high risk of conflict, according to the survey.<\/p>\n<p>In Belgium and the Netherlands, 59 percent of respondents saw a high risk of war, with roughly half of Germans, French and Spanish saying the same.<\/p>\n<p>Italians were the least likely to see a risk of war, at 34 percent of respondents, followed by Portuguese and Croatians.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, just under half of Europeans surveyed said they viewed United States President Donald Trump as an \u201cenemy of Europe,\u201d up four points from September.<\/p>\n<p>The poll was published in the Paris-based foreign affairs journal Le Grand Continent.<\/p>\n<p>Europe\u2019s security environment has been a pressing concern for its leaders since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.<\/p>\n<p>France announced last week that it would reintroduce military service, which was abolished in 1996, from next year on a voluntary basis, following similar moves by Belgium and the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>French President Emmanuel Macron explicitly cast\u00a0the move as a response to Russian aggression, warning that Moscow would seek to exploit any \u201csignal of weakness\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Europe that Moscow was \u201cready\u201d for war as he lashed out at proposed changes to a Trump-backed plan to end the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not going to fight Europe, I have said this a hundred times. But if Europe suddenly wants to fight and starts, we are ready right now,\u201d Putin told reporters ahead of talks with Trump\u2019s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and son-in-law Jared Kushner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just over half of citizens across nine European countries believe there is a high risk of a conflict, French poll finds. 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